הרס

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See also: ה־ר־ס

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ה־ר־ס (h-r-s)

From the root ה־ר־ס (h-r-s). Compare Arabic هَرْس (hars, “grinding, milling”).

Noun

הֶרֶס • (héres) m (no plural forms, singular construct הֶרֶס־)

  1. Destruction: the act of destroying.

Verb

הָרַס • (harás) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶהֱרַס)

  1. to destroy, to demolish, to tear down.
    • Jeremiah 45:4:
      כֹּה תֹּאמַר אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר ה׳ הִנֵּה אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר־נָטַעְתִּי אֲנִי נֹתֵשׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ הִיא׃
      ko tomár eláv ko amár H. hiné ashér-baníti aní horés v'ét ashér-natá'ti aní notésh v'ét-kol-ha'áretz hi:
      Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.[1]
    • Isaiah 22:19:
      וַהֲדַפְתִּיךָ מִמַּצָּבֶךָ וּמִמַּעֲמָדְךָ יֶהֶרְסֶךָ׃
      vahadaftíkha mimatzavékha umima'amadkhá yehersékha:
      And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.[1]
  2. to break through.
    • Exodus 19:24:
      וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו ה׳ לֶךְ־רֵד וְעָלִיתָ אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן עִמָּךְ וְהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהָעָם אַל־יֶהֶרְסוּ לַעֲלֹת אֶל־ה׳ פֶּן־יִפְרָץ־בָּם׃
      vayómer eláv H. lekh-red v'alíta atá v'aharón imkhá v'hakohaním v'ha'ám al-yehersú la'alót el-H. pen-yifrátz-bam:
      And the Lord said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them.[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of הָרַס (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first הָרַסְתִּי הָרַסְנוּ
second הָרַסְתָּ הָרַסְתְּ הֲרַסְתֶּם1 הֲרַסְתֶּן1
third הָרַס הָרְסָה הָרְסוּ
present הוֹרֵס הוֹרֶסֶת הוֹרְסִים הוֹרְסוֹת
future first אהרוס / אֶהֱרֹס נהרוס / נַהֲרֹס
second תהרוס / תַּהֲרֹס תַּהַרְסִי תַּהַרְסוּ תהרוסנה / תַּהֲרֹסְנָה2
third יהרוס / יַהֲרֹס תהרוס / תַּהֲרֹס יַהַרְסוּ תהרוסנה / תַּהֲרֹסְנָה2
imperative הרוס / הֲרֹס הִרְסִי הִרְסוּ הרוסנה / הֲרֹסְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced הָרַסְתֶּם and הָרַסְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Verb

הֵרֵס • (herés) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of הירס

Verb

הֹרַס • (horás) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of הורס.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , 1611, →OCLC.
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