Lexical Definition

‎חָרֵב‎ chârêb (khaw-rabe') dry ^H:A
from ‎חָרַב‎

desolate, dry, waste.

• parched or ruined

1) waste, desolate, dry

Extended Information

• waste, desolate

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎חָרֵב‎] adjective dry, only feminine singular ‎חֲרֵבָה‎ Lev 7:10 of meal-offering not moistened (with oil; P); ‎פַּתֿ‎ ‎חֲרֵבָה‎ Prov 17:1 a dry morsel.

II. ‎חָרֵב‎ adjective waste, desolate; — masculine singular absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Jer 33:10 + 3 t.; feminine singular ‎חֲרֵבָה‎ Neh 2:3 + 2 t.; feminine plural ‎הֶחֳרֵבוֺת‎ Ezek 36:35; Ezek 36:38 (see Kö^{i. 241}); — of a city, defined ‎מֵאֵין‎ ‎אָדָם וּמֵאֵין בְּהֵמָה‎ Jer 33:10, compare vJer 33:12 also Neh 2:3; Neh 2:17 ‎הֶעָרִים הֶחֳרֵבוֺת‎ Ezek 36:35 (+ ‎הַנְשַׁמּוֺת‎, ‎הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת‎; opposed to ‎בְּצוּרוֺת יָשָׁב֑וּ‎).

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