Lexical Definition

‎חׇרְבָּה‎ chorbâh (khor-baw') desolation ^H:N-F
feminine of ‎חֹרֶב‎

decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).

• properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation

1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation

See Greek: ἐρημία · ἐρήμωσις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָרְבָּה‎ noun feminine waste, desolation, ruin; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Lev 26:31 + 15 t. + Ezek 38:8 (strike out ᵑ6 Co) + Ezek 38:12 ‎חרבה‎ ᵐ5 Co for ‎חרבות‎; plural ‎חֳרָבוֺת‎ Ps 9:7* + 11 t. (Ezek 38:12, compare above); construct ‎חָרְבוֺת‎ Isa 5:17 + 7 t.; suffix ‎חָרְבֹתַיִךְ‎ Isa 49:19 ‎חָרְבֹתָיו‎ Ezra 9:9 ‎חָרְבֹתֶיהָ‎ Isa 51:3 ‎חָרְבוֺתֶיהָ‎ Isa 44:26 ‎חָרְבוֺתֵיהֶם‎ Ps 109:10 + 2Chr 34:6 (compare ‎חֶרֶב‎ and below); (chiefly mid. and late Hebrew Isa² 8 t.; Jer 10 t., Ezek 14 t. — including Ezek 38:8, q. strike out Co); —

1. waste, ruin, of cities of Israel Lev 26:31; Lev 26:33 (H); Judah Isa 44:26; Isa 49:19 (|| ‎שֹׁמְמֹת‎), Isa 58:12 (‎בנה‎), Jer 25:18; Jer 27:17; Jer 44:2; Jer 44:6; Ezek 5:14 ruins of Jerusalem Isa 52:9; Dan 9:2 also Ezek 35:4 compare Mal 1:4 (with ‎בנה‎), Ezek 36:10 (with ‎בנה‎) vEzek 36:33 (id.); Egypt Ezek 29:9; Ezek 29:10 (in both || ‎שְׁמָמָה‎; ‎חרבות חֹרֶב‎ in vEzek 29:10); ruin of temple Ezra 9:9 = ruined dwellings Ps 109:10 compare 2Chr 34:6, where read perhaps ‎בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם‎ for ‎בּחר בתיהם‎ (see ‎חֶרֶב‎ below III. ‎חרב‎); Jer 22:5 in general ruins (si vera 1., see Di; object of ‎בנה‎) Job 3:14 ‎׳‎‎כוס ח‎ Ps 102:7* an owl of a ruin.

2. of land: waste place amid ruins Isa 5:17, compare Isa 51:3 (|| ‎מִדְבָּר‎, ‎עֲרָבָה‎); land a desolation Jer 7:34; Jer 44:22; Ezek 25:13 (Edom) Jer 25:11; Isa 64:10* and Ezek 33:24; Ezek 33:27 (of Judah), compare Ezek 13:4, ‎׳‎‎כְשֻׁעָלִים בח‎ simile of the prophets; ‎הַשֹּׁמֵמוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎הח‎ Ezek 36:4 (of Israel); of desolation of enemies of Israel Ps 9:7* (‎לָנֶ֫צַח‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎); ‎עולם‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ = old ruins Isa 61:4 (with ‎בנה‎); elsewhere perpetual ruin, desolation Jer 25:9; Jer 49:13 (cities of Bosra); ‎מעולם‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Ezek 26:20 (simile of Tyre).

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