Aramaic word · H2718

חֲרַב

hacharevat

be wasted

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

1) to dry up, be waste

1a) (Hophal) to be laid waste

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 4:15 הָֽחָרְבַֽת׃ it was laid waste

    that a search should be made of the record books of your fathers. In these books you will discover and verify that the city is a rebellious city, harmful to kings and provinces, inciting sedition from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.