חָרַב

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I. [חָרֵב] verb be dry, dried up (compare יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic חֲרוֺב be dry, חוּרְבָּא drought); —
Qal Perfect3plural חָֽרְבוּ Gen 8:13 (twice in verse), Isa 19:6; Imperfect3masculine singular יֶחֱרַב Hos 13:15 Hos 13:2t., וַיֶּחֱרָ֑ב Psa 106:9; Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִי Isa 44:27; — be dry, dried up:
1 of ground, be freed from waters of flood ׳ח חָאֲדָמָה מְּנֵי Gen 8:13b (J).
2 of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Gen 8:13 a (P); of Nile וְיָבֵשׁ יֶחֱרַב וְנָהָר Isa 19:5 (|| מֵהַיָּם וְנִשְּׁתוּמַֿיִם), see same combination Job 14:11 (|| מִנִּייָֿם מַיִם אָֽזְלו); Isa 19:6 (|| דָּֽלֲלוּ) Isa 44:27 (|| הוֺבִישׁ); of Red Sea Psa 106:9; figurative of Ephraim's freshness and vigour Hos 13:15.
Pu`al Perfect3plural חֹרָ֑בוּ לֹא Jdg 16:7-8, of fresh bow-strings (of gut, see Bla).
Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Nah 1:4, of ׳י's drying up rivers (|| וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ), perhaps also Isa 11:15 (for החרים ᵑ0) see ᵑ7 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵐ5; וְהַחֲרַבְתִּ֫י the Euphrates Jer 51:36 (|| הוֺבַשְׁתִּי); Imperfect יָם אַחֲרִיב Isa 50:2, subject ׳י, I dry up a sea (|| מִדְבָּר נְהָרוֺת אָשִׂים); אַחְרִב Isa 37:25 = אַחֲרִב 2Ki 19:24, of king of Assyria drying up rivers of Egypt; Participle feminine singular הַמַּחֲרֶבֶת Isa 51:10 of ׳י's arm drying up (Red) Sea.
II. [חָרֵב] be waste, desolate (Late Hebrew חָרֵב id.; Aramaic חֲרוֺב be laid waste; Zinjirli חרב adjective; Arabic be in ruins, waste, depopulated; Assyrian —arâbu, be waste, DlPr 175, —uribtu, desert, LotzTP); —
Qal Imperfect3feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔ב Jer 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔ב Isa 34:10; Isa 34:3masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּ Eze 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Amo 7:9; Isa 60:12; Isa 60:3feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָה Eze 6:6; Eze 12:20; Imperative חָרְבוּ (so, not חָֽרְבוּ — Theile — see van d. H Hahn Köi. 244) Jer 2:12; Infinitive absolute חָרֹב Isa 60:12; — be waste, desolate; of sanctuaries of Israel Amo 7:9 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ), of altars Eze 6:6; of cities Jer 26:9; Eze 6:6; Eze 12:20 (|| שׁמם); of nations Isa 34:10, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ חָרֹב Isa 60:12 (|| יאֹבֵדוּ); figurative, in address to the heavens מְאֹד חָרְבוּ Jer 2:12 — (|| וְשַׂעֲרוּ שֹׁמּוּ,), be very desolate (at sins of Israel); others, be amazed, astounded (on relation of meanings see שׁמם).
Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶת Eze 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺת Eze 30:17 of desolate countries (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Ezekiel 19:17; Eze 19:1singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּי Zep 3:6; Zep 3:3plural הֶחֱרִיבוּ Isa 37:18; 2Ki 19:17; Imperfect1singular אַחֲרִיב Isa 42:15; Participle מַחֲרִיב Jdg 16:24; plural with suffix מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ Isa 49:17; — lay waste, make desolate, human subject; nations and lands Isa 37:18 = 2Ki 19:17; Isa 42:15, compare participle Isa 49:17 (|| מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ); add probably with We Amo 4:9 (הֶחֱרַבְתִּי for the untranslateable הַרְבּוֺת) I have devastated your gardens and vineyards; participle Jdg 16:24 desolater of our country (|| אֶתחֲֿלָלֵנ֑וּ הִרְבָּה); object cities Eze 19:7; streets Zep 3:6 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ).
Hoph`al Perfect3feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָה Eze 26:2 she is laid waste, of a city; Participle מָחֳרָבוֺת Eze 29:12 laid waste, of cities (|| שׁמם).
III. [חָרַב] verb (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (compare Arabic plunder, III. wage war with, VI. fight together, war, battle; Syriac smite, slay) —
Qal Imperative masculine singular חֲרֹב Jer 50:21 attack (+ אַחֲרֵיהֶם וְהַחֲרֵם); masculine plural חִרְבוּ Jer 50:27 object כָּלמָּֿרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon.
Niph`al Perfect3plural המלכים נֶחֶרְבוּ (see
Hoph`al) הָחֳרֵב 2Ki 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together (|| אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ אִישׁ וַיַּכּוּ).
Hoph`al Infinitive absolute 2Ki 3:23, see
Niph`al, but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, compare Dr Lev 19:20, note.
[חֲרַב] verb be waste (see Biblical Hebrew II. חרב); —
Hoph`al Perfect הָחָרְבַ֑ת Ezr 4:15 city was laid waste.