Hebrew word
chârash
khaw-rash'
חָרַשׁ
What it means
to scratch, i.e. to engrave, plough
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
Where it comes from
a primitive root