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title: חֲרַב — be waste · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲרַב (lemma:חֲרַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: be waste. BDB 1906: vb. be waste. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲרַב

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«חֲרַב» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be waste** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲרַב · **BDB:** חֲרַב

### Glosses

it.was.laid.waste (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be waste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be waste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be waste (v. BH II. חרב);— Pf. הָחָרְבַ֑ת Ezr 4:15 city was laid waste.

### Jastrow 1903

חֲרֵב: to destroy, lay waste to be destroyed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Ez. XXVI, 2. Targ. Hos. XIII, 15. Targ. Is. XIX, 5; a. fr.—Naz. 32ᵇ דח׳ בה"מ that the Temple has been destroyed. Ib. דיִחְרוֹב that it will be destroyed. Gitt. 56ᵃ דלא לִיחֲרוֹב וכ׳ that Jerusalem may not be destroyed. Y. Ber. II, 5ᵃ top דברגליה חריב with whose arrival it was destroyed; a. fr. to destroy, lay waste. Targ. Is. XLII, 15. Targ. Jud. XVI, 24; a. fr.—Yoma 69ᵇ דאַחְרְבֵיה וכ׳ who destroyed the Temple. Taan. 29ᵃ top לאַחְרוּבֵי Ms. M. a. Rashi (ed. לַחְרוּבֵי); Gitt. 56ᵃ לַחְרוּבֵי; a. fr. to be destroyed. Y. Ber. l. c.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (13 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e8_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.15/)

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דִּ֡י יְבַקַּר֩ בִּֽסְפַר־דָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜א דִּ֣י אֲבָהָתָ֗ךְ וּ֠תְהַשְׁכַּח בִּסְפַ֣ר דָּכְרָנַיָּא֮ וְתִנְדַּע֒ דִּי֩ קִרְיְתָ֨א דָ֜ךְ קִרְיָ֣א מָֽרָדָ֗א וּֽמְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ וּמְדִנָ֔ן וְאֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣ין בְּגַוַּ֔הּ מִן־יוֹמָ֖ת עָלְמָ֑א עַ֨ל־דְּנָ֔ה קִרְיְתָ֥א דָ֖ךְ הָֽחָרְבַֽת׃

*Word for word:* that he.will.search in the.book of the.records (diy).of fathers your and you.will.find in the.book of the.records and you.will.know (diy).that the city this \[is\].a.city rebellious and injuring (of).kings and provinces and a.revolt \[it.was\].making in midst its from the.days of.(the) antiquity on this the city this it.was.laid.waste

*JPS 1917:* that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers; so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.

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