FLAT NOSE. The KJV tr. of חָרֻ֖ם, used only in Leviticus 21:18 to describe one of the conditions that rendered a man unfit for priestly service. Although the root is not known elsewhere in Heb. (except perhaps for הֶחֱרִ֣ים in Isa 11:15, see Driver JTS 32 [1931]: 251), cognates in other Sem. languages, esp. Arab., suggest some such meaning as “having a slit or split nose or lip.” So it was taken in the Talmud, see M. Jastrow, A Dictionary of the Talmudim (New York: Pardes, 1950), Vol. I, p. 503. It possibly referred to the condition that often accompanies a cleft palate.