חרב

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Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ר־ב (kh-r-b)

From Proto-Semitic *x̣arb-.

Pronunciation

Noun

חֶרֶב • (khérev) f (plural indefinite חֲרָבוֹת, singular construct חֶרֶב־, plural construct חַרְבוֹת־)

  1. sword
  2. (fencing) sabre
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Ladino: aharvar

References

Etymology 2

Cognate to Aramaic חֲרוֺב (“be laid waste”), Classical Syriac ܚܪܒ (“be laid waste”), Arabic خَرِبَ (ḵariba, “to be ruined, be in ruins, be depopulated”).

Verb

חָרַב • (kharáv) (pa'al construction) (intransitive)

  1. to be destroyed, collapse, fall to destruction
  2. to dehydrate, dry up
Conjugation
Conjugation of חָרַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָרַבְתִּי חָרַבְנוּ
second חָרַבְתָּ חָרַבְתְּ חֲרַבְתֶּם1 חֲרַבְתֶּן1
third חָרַב חָרְבָה חָרְבוּ
present חָרֵב חֲרֵבָה חֲרֵבִים חֲרֵבוֹת
future first אֶחֱרַב נֶחֱרַב
second תֶּחֱרַב תֶּחֶרְבִי תֶּחֶרְבוּ תֶּחֱרַבְנָה2
third יֶחֱרַב תֶּחֱרַב יֶחֶרְבוּ תֶּחֱרַבְנָה2
imperative חֲרַב חִרְבִי חִרְבוּ חֲרַבְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָרַבְתֶּם and חָרַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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