H2717C
חָרַב
to slay
to attack, smite down, slay, fight
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
I. [חָרֵב] verb be dry, dried up (compare יָבֵשׁ) (Aramaic חֲרוֺב be dry, חוּרְבָּא drought); —
Qal Perfect 3 plural חָֽרְבוּ Gen 8:13 (twice in verse), Isa 19:6 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יֶחֱרַב Hos 13:15 + 2 t., וַיֶּחֱרָ֑ב Ps 106:9 Imperative feminine singular חֳרָ֑בִי Isa 44:27 — be dry, dried up:
2. of waters, be dried up, taken away; of waters of flood Gen 8:13 a (P); of Nile וְנָהָר יֶחֱרַב וְיָבֵשׁ Isa 19:5 (|| וְנִשְּׁתוּמַֿיִם מֵהַיָּם), see same combination Job 14:11 (|| אָֽזְלו מַיִם מִנִּייָֿם); Isa 19:6 (|| דָּֽלֲלוּ) Isa 44:27 (|| הוֺבִישׁ); of Red Sea Ps 106:9 figurative of Ephraim's freshness and vigour Hos 13:15. Pu`al Perfect 3 plural לֹא חֹרָ֑בוּ Judg 16:7; Judg 16:8, 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 ᵑ0 החרים) see ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7; וְהַחֲרַבְתִּ֫י the Euphrates Jer 51:36 (|| הוֺבַשְׁתִּי); Imperfect אַחֲרִיב יָם Isa 50:2, subject ׳י, I dry up a sea (|| אָשִׂים נְהָרוֺת מִדְבָּר); אַחְרִב Isa 37:25 = אַחֲרִב 2Kgs 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 Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחֱרַ֔ב Jer 26:9, תֶּחֱרָ֔ב Isa 34:10 3 masculine plural יֶחֶרְבוּ Ezek 6:6, יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Amos 7:9; Isa 60:12 3 feminine plural תֶּחֱרַבְנָה Ezek 6:6; Ezek 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 Amos 7:9 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ), of altars Ezek 6:6 of cities Jer 26:9; Ezek 6:6; Ezek 12:20 (|| שׁמם); of nations Isa 34:10, חָרֹב יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ Isa 60:12 (|| יאֹבֵדוּ); figurative, in address to the heavens חָרְבוּ מְאֹד Jer 2:12 — (|| שֹׁמּוּ, וְשַׂעֲרוּ), be very desolate (at sins of Israel); others, be amazed, astounded (on relation of meanings see שׁמם). Niph`al Participle feminine נֶחֱרֶבֶת Ezek 26:19 as adjective, desolate city, i.e. uninhabited, see context; נַחֲרָבוֺת Ezek 30:17 of desolate countries (|| נָשַׁמּוּ). Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱרִיב Ezek 19:17 1 singular הֶחֱרַבְתִּי Zeph 3:6 3 plural הֶחֱרִיבוּ Isa 37:18; 2Kgs 19:17 Imperfect 1 singular אַחֲרִיב Isa 42:15 Participle מַחֲרִיב Judg 16:24 plural with suffix מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ Isa 49:17 — lay waste, make desolate, human subject; nations and lands Isa 37:18 = 2Kgs 19:17; Isa 42:15, compare participle Isa 49:17 (|| מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ); add probably with We Amos 4:9 (הֶחֱרַבְתִּי for the untranslateable הַרְבּוֺת) I have devastated your gardens and vineyards; participle Judg 16:24 desolater of our country (|| הִרְבָּה אֶתחֲֿלָלֵנ֑וּ); object cities Ezek 19:7 streets Zeph 3:6 (|| נָשַׁמּוּ). Hoph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular הָחֳרָ֑בָה Ezek 26:2 she is laid waste, of a city; Participle מָחֳרָבוֺת Ezek 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 (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); masculine plural חִרְבוּ vJer 50:27 object כָּלפָּֿרֶיהָ, figurative of men of Babylon. Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (see Hoph`al) הָחֳרֵב 2Kgs 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together (|| וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ). Hoph`al Infinitive absolute 2Kgs 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 Ezra 4:15 city was laid waste.
3 occurrences
II Kings (1), Jeremiah (2)