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title: חָרַב — attack · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַב (lemma:חָרַב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: attack. BDB 1906: vb. attack, smite down Hoph. Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַב

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«חָרַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **attack** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:חָרַב · **BDB:** חָרַב

### Glosses

kill (2); surely.(fight) (1); they.have.fought.one.another (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

attack [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. attack, smite down Hoph. Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5d1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (Aramaic and rare) attack, smite down (cf. Arabic حَرَبَ plunder, iii. wage war with, vi. fight together, حَرْبٌ war, battle; Syriac ܚܪܰܒ smith, slay)— Imv. ms. חֲרֹב Je 50:21 attack (+ וְהַחֲרֵם אַחֲרֵיהֶם); mpl. חִרְבוּ v 27 obj. כָּל־פָּרֶיהָ, fig. of men of Babylon. Pf. 3 pl. נֶחֶרְבוּ המלכים (v. Hoph.) הָחֳרֵב 2 K 3:23 the kings have attacked one another, fought together (‖ וַיַּכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ). Inf. abs. 2 K 3:23, v. Niph., but read perhaps הֵחָרֵב, cf. Dr Lv 19:20, note.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 50:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.50.27/)

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חִרְבוּ֙ כָּל־פָּרֶ֔יהָ יֵרְד֖וּ לַטָּ֑בַח ה֣וֹי עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּֽי־בָ֥א יוֹמָ֖ם עֵ֥ת פְּקֻדָּתָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* kill all bulls its.young let.them.go.down to the slaughter woe! on them (dm) it.has.come day their the.time their.punishment their

*JPS 1917:* Slay all her bullocks, let them go down to the slaughter; woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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[2 Kings 3:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.23/)

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וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ דָּ֣ם זֶ֔ה הָחֳרֵ֤ב נֶֽחֶרְבוּ֙ הַמְּלָכִ֔ים וַיַּכּ֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְעַתָּ֥ה לַשָּׁלָ֖ל מוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* and they.said \[is\].blood this surely.(fight) they.have.fought.one.another the kings and they.have.struck.down each (et) neighbor his and therefore to the plunder O.Moab

*JPS 1917:* and they said: 'This is blood: the kings have surely fought together, and they have smitten each man his fellow; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.'

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