חָרֵב

«חָרֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: waste — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 10 times · Key: 2720 · BDB: חָרֵב⁴

Glosses

[is].desolate (5); desolate (3); dry (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

waste tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. waste, desolate tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. waste, desolate;—ms. abs. ח׳ Je 33:10 + 5 times; fs. חֲרֵבָה Ne 2:3 + 2 times; fpl. הֶחֳרֵבוֹת Ez 36:35, 38 (v. Köi. 241);—of a city, defined מֵאֵין אָדָם וּמֵאֵין בְּהֵמָה Je 33:10, cf. v 12; also Ne 2:3, 17; הֶעָרִים הֶחֳרֵבוֹת Ez 36:35 (+ הַנְשַׁמּוֹת, הַנֶּהֱרָסוֹת; opp. בְּצוּרוֹת יָשָׁ֑בוּ), Hg 1:4, 9 (בַּיִת).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָרֵב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 17:1

ט֤וֹב פַּ֣ת חֲ֭רֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה־בָ֑הּ מִ֝בַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֥א זִבְחֵי־רִֽיב׃

Word for word: [is].good a.piece.[of.bread] dry and security [is].with it more than.a.house full sacrifices of.strife

JPS 1917: Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.

Haggai 1:4

הַעֵ֤ת לָכֶם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם לָשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣ם סְפוּנִ֑ים וְהַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה חָרֵֽב׃

Word for word: [does].a time? [belong].to you you to dwell in houses your paneled and the house (the) this [is].desolate

JPS 1917: 'Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste?

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