Lexical Definition

‎חֶרֶב‎ chereb (kheh'-reb) sword ^H:N-F
from ‎חָרַב‎

axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

• drought
• also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

1) sword, knife
1a) sword
1b) knife
1c) tools for cutting stone

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶ֫רֶב‎₄₁₁ noun feminine^{Isa 21:15} sword (as weapon; Aramaic ‎חַרְבָּא‎, , Zinjirli ‎חרב‎; Arabic dart, javelin) — absolute ‎חֶ֫רֶב‎ Gen 3:24 +; ‎חָ֑רֶב‎ Exod 17:13 +; construct ‎חֶ֫רֶב‎ Deut 33:29 +; suffix ‎חַרְבִּי‎ Exod 15:9 + 13 t.; ‎חַרְבְּךָ‎ Gen 27:40 + 7 t.; ‎חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ‎ 1Sam 17:33; Ps 17:13 ‎חַרְבּוֺ‎ Num 22:23 + 24 t.; ‎חַרְבְּכֶם‎ Jer 2:30; Ezek 33:26 ‎חַרְבָּם‎ Ps 37:15; Ps 44:4* plural ‎חֲרָבוֺת‎ Isa 21:15 + 5 t.; construct ‎חַרְבוֺת‎ Josh 5:2 + 2 t.; suffix ‎חַרְבוֺתָיו‎ Ezek 26:9 ‎חַרְבוֺתָם‎ Isa 2:4 + 5 t.; ‎חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ Mic 4:3 + 2 t.; —

1. a. sword, as weapon of war Gen 48:22 (E), Judg 7:14; Judg 7:20; 1Sam 21:9*, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword ‎וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Judg 3:16, compare ‎פִּיּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Prov 5:4 (in simile), ‎פִּיפִיּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 149:6 see also ‎׳‎‎צוּר ח‎ edge of sword Ps 89:44*.
b. gird on sword = ‎׳‎‎חָגַר הח‎ 1Sam 17:39; 1Sam 25:13 (3 t. in verse); Ps 45:4* (‎׳‎‎הח‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎עַל יָרֵך‎), ‎שִׂים על ירך‎ Exod 32:27, compare especially 2Sam 20:8.
c. draw the sword ‎׳‎‎הֵרִיק הח‎ Exod 15:9; Lev 26:33; Ezek 5:2; Ezek 5:12; Ezek 12:14; Ezek 28:7, ‎׳‎‎הוציא הח‎ Ezek 21:8*; Ezek 21:10*, ‎׳‎‎פתח הח‎ Ps 37:14; Ezek 21:33*, ‎נטשׁ‎ Isa 21:15 (Gr Che ‎לטשׁ‎ see below); usually ‎׳‎‎שׁלף הח‎ Num 22:23; Num 22:31; Josh 5:13; Judg 3:22; Judg 8:10; Judg 8:20; Judg 9:54; 1Sam 17:51; 1Sam 31:4 = 1Chr 10:4; 1Chr 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors ‎׳‎‎שֹׁלֵף ח‎ Judg 20:2; Judg 20:15; Judg 20:17; Judg 20:25; Judg 20:35; Judg 20:46; 2Sam 24:9; 2Kgs 3:26; 1Chr 21:5 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח‎ 2Sam 23:10, insert also in || 1Chr 11:13 (Dr).
d. whet, sharpen the sword ‎׳‎‎לטשׁ הח‎ Ps 7:13* (compare Isa 21:15 above), but also ‎שׁנן‎ Deut 32:41 compare Ps 64:4*, ‎הוּחַדָּה‎ Ezek 21:14*; Ezek 21:16*.
e. put up the sword into the sheath ‎אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ‎ ‎׳‎‎הֵשִׁיב הח‎ 1Chr 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere ‎תַּעַר‎ 1Sam 7:51; 2Sam 20:8; Jer 47:6; Ezek 21:8*). feminine slay with sword ‎הרג‎ ‎׳‎‎בח‎ Josh 10:11; Josh 13:22 +; in ‎ימותו אנשׁים‎ 1Sam 2:33, insert ‎בְּחֶרֶב‎ before ‎אנשׁים‎ ᵐ5 We Dr; rarely ‎׳‎‎הכה בח‎ Josh 11:10; 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 very often ‎׳‎‎הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ‎ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2Sam 2:26; 2Sam 11:25) = without quarter Num 21:24 (E) Deut 13:16* a Deut 20:13; Josh 11:11; Josh 11:12; Josh 11:14 (all D) Judg 18:27; Judg 21:10; 1Kgs 10:25; Job 1:15; Job 1:17 also with ‎העיר‎ as sole object Josh 8:24; Josh 10:28; Josh 10:30; Josh 10:32; Josh 10:35; Josh 10:37, compare vJosh 10:39; Josh 19:47; Judg 1:8; Judg 1:25; Judg 20:37; 1Sam 22:19 (twice in verse); 2Sam 15:14 ‎׳‎‎הרג לפיחֿ‎ Gen 34:26 (J); ‎׳‎‎החרים לפיחֿ‎ Deut 13:16*b (including ‎הָעִיר‎ in object), Josh 6:21; 1Sam 15:8, ‎׳‎‎חלשׁ לפיחֿ‎ Exod 17:13 (E); ‎׳‎‎נפל לפיחֿ‎ Josh 8:24; Judg 4:16 ‎׳‎‎ל֗֗֗פיחֿ‎‎׳‎‎וַיָּהָם י‎ Judg 4:15 — (‎׳‎‎לפיחֿ‎ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 t.), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).
g. ‎׳‎‎אכלה הח‎ etc., of the sword as devouring: — ‎תּאֹכֵל חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר‎ Deut 32:42 (poetry), 2Sam 2:26; 2Sam 11:25; 2Sam 18:8; Isa 1:10; Jer 2:30; Jer 46:10; Jer 46:14; Nah 2:14*.
h. slain by sword is ‎׳‎‎חֲלַלחִֿ‎ Num 19:16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, ‎׳‎‎חַלְלֵיחֿ‎ Ezek 31:17; Ezek 31:18; Ezek 32:21; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:28; Ezek 32:29; Ezek 32:30; Ezek 32:32; Ezek 35:8 ‎׳‎‎מְחֻלְלֵי ח‎ vEzek 35:26 < Co ‎׳‎‎חלליחֿ‎ (on text of Ezek 32:20; Ezek 32:22; Ezek 32:31 see Co).
i. ‎׳‎‎שְׁבֻיוֺת ח‎ Gen 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword.
j. sword frequently agent of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Judg 7:20; Isa 34:6; Jer 12:12; Jer 47:6 etc., — so Deut 28:22, but read ‎חֹרֶב‎ see below I. ‎חרב‎ (compare on other hand 1Sam 17:47); note especially Gen 3:24 ‎׳‎‎לַהַט הח‎ ‎הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת‎; in poetry ‎׳‎‎לַהַכ ח‎ Nah 3:3, ‎׳‎‎בְּרַק ח‎ Deut 32:41.
k. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ figurative of tongue Ps 57:5* compare Ps 59:8* figurative of violence war, etc., Gen 27:40 in simile Prov 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women).

2. knife ‎צֻרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ flint knives for use in circumcision Josh 5:2; Josh 5:3 (see We^{Skizzen iii, 166}); Ezek 5:1; Ezek 5:2 ‎חַדָּה תַּעַר‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎הַגַּלָּבִים‎ (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant).

3. of tools used in hewing stone ‎חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה‎ Exod 20:25 ‎׳‎‎יִתֹּץ בח‎ Ezek 26:9, according to most = tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2Chr 34:6 Qr ‎בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ with their tools; read perhaps ‎בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ in their ruins, Be, who compare Ps 109:10 see ‎חָרְבָּה‎ below II. ‎חרב‎ (ᵐ5 ᵑ9 omit ‎חרב‎).

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