חרב

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
ח־ר־ב (kh-r-b)
4 terms

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
Declension
Declension of חֶרֶב
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite חֶרֶב first חַרְבִּי חַרְבֵּנוּ
definite הַחֶרֶב second חַרְבְּךָ חַרְבֵּךְ חַרְבְּכֶם חַרְבְּכֶן
construct חֶרֶב־ third חַרְבּוֹ חַרְבָּהּ חַרְבָּם חַרְבָּן
plural indefinite חֲרָבוֹת first חרבותיי / חַרְבוֹתַי חַרְבוֹתֵינוּ
definite הַחֲרָבוֹת second חַרְבוֹתֶיךָ חרבותייך / חַרְבוֹתַיִךְ חַרְבוֹתֵיכֶם חַרְבוֹתֵיכֶן
construct חַרְבוֹת־ third חַרְבוֹתָיו חַרְבוֹתֶיהָ חַרְבוֹתָם חַרְבוֹתָן
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת (khérev pifiyót)
Descendants
  • → Ladino: aharvar

References

Etymology 2

Cognate to Aramaic חֲרוֹב (“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 to-infinitive לחרוב / לַחֲרֹב
action noun —
passive participle —
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

1 Pronounced חָרַבְתֶּם and חָרַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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