חרב

Hebrew

Etymology 1
Root
ח־ר־ב (ḥ-r-b)

From Proto-Semitic *x̣arb-.

Pronunciation

Noun

חֶרֶב • (khérev) f (plural indefinite חֲרָבוֹת, singular construct חֶרֶב־, plural construct חַרְבוֹת־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. sword
  2. (fencing) sabre
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת (khérev pifiyót)
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) third-singular masculine past (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
  • to-infinitive: לחרוב / לַחֲרֹב
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first חָרַבְתִּיחָרַבְנוּ
second חָרַבְתָּחָרַבְתְּחֲרַבְתֶּם1חֲרַבְתֶּן1
third חָרַבחָרְבָהחָרְבוּ
present חָרֵבחֲרֵבָהחֲרֵבִיםחֲרֵבוֹת
future first אֶחֱרַבנֶחֱרַב
second תֶּחֱרַבתֶּחֶרְבִיתֶּחֶרְבוּתֶּחֱרַבְנָה2
third יֶחֱרַבתֶּחֱרַביֶחֶרְבוּתֶּחֱרַבְנָה2
imperative חֲרַבחִרְבִיחִרְבוּחֲרַבְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced חָרַבְתֶּם and חָרַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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