Lexical Summary chereb: a sword Original Word: חֶרֶבTransliteration: chereb Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-reb) Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a sword Meaning: drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword Strong's Concordance axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement -- axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool. see HEBREW charab Brown-Driver-Briggs H2719. chereb חֶ֫רֶב411 noun feminineIsaiah 21:15 sword (as weapon; Aramaic חַרְבָּא, , Zinjirli חרב; Arabic dart, javelin) — absolute חֶ֫רֶב Genesis 3:24 +; חָ֑רֶב Exodus 17:13 +; construct חֶ֫רֶב Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix חַרְבִּי Exodus 15:9 13t.; חַרְבְּךָ Genesis 27:40 7t.; חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 17:13; חַרְבּוֺ Numbers 22:23-24t.; חַרְבְּכֶם Jeremiah 2:30; Ezekiel 33:26; חַרְבָּם Psalm 37:15; 44:4; plural חֲרָבוֺת Isaiah 21:15 5t.; construct חַרְבוֺת Joshua 5:2 2t.; suffix חַרְבוֺתָיו Ezekiel 26:9; חַרְבוֺתָם Isaiah 2:4-5t.; חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3 2t.; — 1. a. sword, as weapon of war Genesis 48:22 (E), Judges 7:14, 20; 1 Samuel 21:9, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword ׳ח אָרְכָּהּ גֹּמֶד פֵיוֺ֖ת שְׁנֵי וְלָהּ Judges 3:16, compare ׳ח מִּיּוֺת Proverbs 5:4 (in simile), ׳ח מִּיפִיּוֺת Psalm 149:6; see also ח ׳צוּר edge of sword 89:44. b. gird on sword = הח ׳חָגַר 1 Samuel 17:39; 25:13 (3 t. in verse); Psalm 45:4 (יָרֵך עַל ׳ח ׳הח), ירך על שִׂים Exodus 32:27, compare especially 2 Samuel 20:8. c. draw the sword הח ׳הֵרִיק Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2, 12; 12:14; 28:7, הח ׳הוציא 21:8; 21:10, הח ׳פתח Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33, נטשׁ Isaiah 21:15 (Gr Che לטשׁ see below); usually הח ׳שׁלף Numbers 22:23, 31; Joshua 5:13; Judges 3:22; 8:10, 20; 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors ח ׳שֹׁלֵף Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Kings 3:26; 1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice in verse); אֶלהַֿח יָדוֺ ׳וַתִּדְבַּק 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in "" 1 Chronicles 11:13 (Dr). d. whet, sharpen the sword הח ׳לטשׁ Psalm 7:13 (compare Isaiah 21:15 above), but also שׁנן Deuteronomy 32:41 compare Psalm 64:4, הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; 21:16. e. put up the sword into the sheath הח ׳הֵשִׁיב אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ 1 Chronicles 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר 1 Samuel 7:51; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 47:6; Ezekiel 21:8). f. slay with sword ׳בח הרג Joshua 10:11; 13:22 +; in אנשׁים ימותו 1 Samuel 2:33, insert בְּחֶרֶב before ᵐ5 אנשׁים We Dr; rarely בח ׳הכה Joshua 11:10; 2 Kings 19:37 = Isaiah 37:38; very often לְפִיחֿ ׳הִכָּה smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25) = without quarter Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 13:16; a 20:13; Joshua 11:11-12, 14 (all D) Judges 18:27; 21:10; 1 Kings 10:25; Job 1:15, 17; also with העיר as sole object Joshua 8:24; 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37, compare 10:39; 19:47; Judges 1:8, 25; 20:37; 1 Samuel 22:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; לפיחֿ ׳הרג Genesis 34:26 (J); לפיחֿ ׳החרים Deuteronomy 13:16b (including הָעִיר in object), Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:8, לפיחֿ ׳חלשׁ Exodus 17:13 (E); לפיחֿ ׳נפל Joshua 8:24; Judges 4:16; י ׳ל֗֗֗פיחֿ׳וַיָּהָם 4:15; — (׳לפיחֿ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 t.), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic). g. הח ׳אכלה etc., of the sword as devouring: — בָשָׂר חַרְבִּי תּאֹכֵל Deuteronomy 32:42 (poetry), 2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25; 18:8; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 2:30; 46:10, 14; Nahum 2:14. h. slain by sword is ׳חֲלַלחִֿ Numbers 19:16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, ׳חַלְלֵיחֿ Ezekiel 31:17-18, 32:21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32; 35:8 ח ׳מְחֻלְלֵי Ezekiel 35:26 < Co ׳חלליחֿ (on text of 32:20, 22, 31 see Co). i. ח ׳שְׁבֻיוֺת Genesis 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword. j. sword frequently agent of ׳י Judges 7:20; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; 47:6 etc., — so Deuteronomy 28:22, but read חֹרֶב see below I. חרב (compare on other hand 1 Samuel 17:47); note especially Genesis 3:24 הַמִּתְהַמֶּכֶת הח ׳לַהַט; in poetry ח ׳לַהַכ Nahum 3:3, ח ׳בְּרַק Deuteronomy 32:41. k. ׳ח figurative of tongue Psalm 57:5; compare 59:8; figurative of violence war, etc., Genesis 27:40; in simile Proverbs 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women). 2 knife ׳ח צֻרִים flint knives for use in circumcision Joshua 5:2-3,(see WeSkizzen iii, 166); Ezekiel 5:1-2,הַגַּלָּבִים ׳ח תַּעַר חַדָּה (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant). 3 of tools used in hewing stone עליה הֵנַפְתָּ חַרְבְּךָ Exodus 20:25; בח ׳יִתֹּץ Ezekiel 26:9, according to most = tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2 Chronicles 34:6 Qr בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins, Be, who compare Psalm 109:10; see חָרְבָּה below II. חרב (ᵑ9 ᵐ5 omit חרב). |
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