Original: חָרַב

Transliteration: chârab

Phonetic: khaw-rab'

Short Definition: Decay

Original: חרב חרב

Transliteration: chârab chârêb

Phonetic: khaw-rab'

BDB Definition:

1. to be waste, lay waste, make desolate, be desolate, be in ruins
   1. (Qal) to be waste, be desolate
   2. (Niphal)
      1. to be made desolate
      2. desolate (participle)
   3. (Hiphil) to lay waste, make desolate
   4. (Hophal) to be laid waste
2. to be dry, be dried up
   1. (Qal) to be dried, be dried up
   2. (Pual) to be dried
   3. (Hiphil) to dry up
   4. (Hophal) to be dried up
3. to attack, smite down, slay, fight

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 731,732

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H2719, H2726