Lexicon / H2717b
חָרֵב
cha.rev
  • to destroy
  • be waste
  • desolate

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to destroy

1) to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins

1a) (Qal) to be waste, be desolate

1b) (Niphal)

1b1) to be made desolate

1b2) desolate (participle)

1c) (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate

1d) (Hophal) to be laid waste

Aramaic equivalent: cha.rav (חֲרַב "be wasted" H2718)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: be waste; desolate

Root √חרב: חָרֵב be waste desolate Qal be waste desolate , Niph desolate . as adj. city Hiph lay waste make desolate . Hoph she is laid waste .

חָרֵב be waste desolate Qal be waste desolate , Niph desolate . as adj. city Hiph lay waste make desolate . Hoph she is laid waste .