BDB3095
חֶ֫רֶב411
noun feminine
Isa 21:15
sword (as weapon; Aramaic חַרְבָּא,
[untranscribed source text 1950], Zinjirli חרב; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1951]
dart, javelin) — absolute חֶ֫רֶב
Gen 3:24 +;
חָ֑רֶב
Exod 17:13 +;
construct חֶ֫רֶב
Deut 33:29 +;
suffix חַרְבִּי
Exod 15:9 + 13 t.;
חַרְבְּךָ
Gen 27:40 + 7
t.; חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ
1Sam 17:33;
Ps 17:13
חַרְבּוֺ
Num 22:23 + 24
t.; חַרְבְּכֶם
Jer 2:30; Ezek 33:26
חַרְבָּם
Ps 37:15; Ps 44:4 plural
חֲרָבוֺת
Isa 21:15 + 5
t.; construct חַרְבוֺת
Josh 5:2 + 2 t.; suffix
חַרְבוֺתָיו
Ezek 26:9
חַרְבוֺתָם
Isa 2:4 + 5 t.;
חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם
Mic 4:3 + 2 t.; —
1. sword,
a.
as weapon of war Gen 48:22 (
E
), Judg 7:14
; Judg 7:20
; 1Sam 21:9
, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword
וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ
׳
ח
Judg 3:16,
compare פִּיּוֺת
׳
ח
Prov 5:4 (in
simile), פִּיפִיּוֺת
׳
ח
Ps 149:6
see also ׳
צוּר ח
edge of sword
Ps 89:44.
b.
gird on sword = ׳
חָגַר הח
1Sam 17:39
; 1Sam
25:13 (3 t. in verse); Ps 45:4 (׳
הח
׳
ח
עַל יָרֵך), שִׂים על ירך
Exod 32:27
, compare especially 2Sam 20:8.
c.
draw the sword
׳
הֵרִיק הח
Exod 15:9
;
Lev 26:33;
Ezek 5:2; Ezek 5:12; Ezek 12:14; Ezek 28:7, ׳
הוציא הח
Ezek 21:8
;
Ezek 21:10, ׳
פתח הח
Ps 37:14
;
Ezek 21:33, נטשׁ
Isa
21:15 (Gr
Che
לטשׁ see below); usually ׳
שׁלף הח
Num 22:23
;
Num 22:31;
Josh 5:13;
Judg 3:22;
Judg 8:10;
Judg 8:20;
Judg 9:54; 1Sam 17:51
; 1Sam
31:4 =
1Chr 10:4; 1Chr 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors
׳
שֹׁלֵף ח
Judg 20:2
;
Judg 20:15; Judg 20:17; Judg 20:25; Judg 20:35; Judg 20:46; 2Sam 24:9
;
2Kgs 3:26; 1Chr 21:5 (twice in verse); ׳
וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח
2Sam
23:10, insert also in || 1Chr 11:13 (Dr).
d.
whet, sharpen the sword
׳
לטשׁ הח
Ps 7:13
(compare
Isa 21:15 above), but also שׁנן
Deut
32:41 compare Ps 64:4, הוּחַדָּה
Ezek 21:14; Ezek 21:16.
e. put up the sword into the
sheath אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ
׳
הֵשִׁיב הח
1Chr 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר
1Sam 7:51
; 2Sam
20:8;
Jer 47:6; Ezek 21:8).
f.
slay with sword
הרג
׳
בח
Josh
10:11;
Josh 13:22 +; in ימותו אנשׁים
1Sam 2:33
, insert בְּחֶרֶב before אנשׁים
ᵐ5
We
Dr; rarely ׳
הכה בח
Josh
11:10; 2Kgs 19:37 = Isa 37:38 very often ׳
הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ
smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2Sam
2:26; 2Sam 11:25) = without quarter
Num
21:24 (
E
)
Deut 13:16 a Deut 20:13; Josh 11:11; Josh
11:12;
Josh 11:14 (all
D
)
Judg 18:27; Judg 21:10; 1Kgs 10:25; Job 1:15
;
Job 1:17 also with העיר as sole object Josh 8:24; Josh
10:28;
Josh 10:30; Josh 10:32; Josh 10:35; Josh
10:37, compare Josh 10:39; Josh 19:47; Judg 1:8; Judg 1:25
; Judg
20:37;
1Sam 22:19 (twice in verse); 2Sam
15:14
׳
הרג לפיחֿ
Gen
34:26 (
J
); ׳
החרים לפיחֿ
Deut
13:16b (including הָעִיר in object), Josh 6:21; 1Sam 15:8
, ׳
חלשׁ לפיחֿ
Exod
17:13 (
E
); ׳
נפל לפיחֿ
Josh 8:24
;
Judg 4:16
׳
ל֗֗֗פיחֿ
׳
וַיָּהָם י
Judg 4:15
— (׳
לפיחֿ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 t.), in Hexateuch only
J
E
D
; but Job post-exilic).
g.
׳
אכלה הח etc., of the sword as devouring: — תּאֹכֵל
חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר
Deut
32:42 (poetry), 2Sam 2:26; 2Sam 11:25; 2Sam 18:8; Isa 1:10
;
Jer 2:30; Jer 46:10; Jer 46:14; Nah 2:14.
h.
slain by sword is ׳
חֲלַלחִֿ
Num 19:16 (
P
) and frequently Ezekiel, ׳
חַלְלֵיחֿ
Ezek
31:17; Ezek 31:18;
Ezek 32:21; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:28;
Ezek 32:29; Ezek 32:30; Ezek 32:32; Ezek
35:8
׳
מְחֻלְלֵי ח v
Ezek
35:26 < Co
׳
חלליחֿ (on text of Ezek 32:20; Ezek 32:22;
Ezek 32:31 see Co).
i.
׳
שְׁבֻיוֺת ח
Gen 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword
.
j. sword frequently agent of ׳
י
Judg
7:20;
Isa 34:6; Jer 12:12; Jer 47:6 etc., — so
Deut 28:22, but read חֹרֶב see below I. חרב (compare
on other hand
1Sam 17:47); note especially Gen 3:24
׳
לַהַט הח
הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת; in poetry ׳
לַהַכ ח
Nah 3:3
, ׳
בְּרַק ח
Deut 32:41.
k.
׳
ח figurative of tongue Ps 57:5 compare Ps 59:8 figurative of
violence war, etc., Gen 27:40 in simile Prov 5:4 (of grievous end of
dealings with strange women).
2.
knife
צֻרִים
׳
ח flint knives for use in circumcision Josh 5:2; Josh 5:3 (see WeSkizzen
iii,
166); Ezek 5:1; Ezek 5:2
חַדָּה תַּעַר
׳
ח
הַגַּלָּבִים (according to Co use of
sword
as razor is significant).
3. of tools used in hewing stone חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה
Exod 20:25
׳
יִתֹּץ בח
Ezek 26:9
,
according to most = tools, axes, 'steel' (Co
' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand;
2Chr 34:6
Qr
בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם
with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם
in their ruins, Be, who compare Ps 109:10
see
חָרְבָּה
below II. חרב (
ᵐ5
ᵑ9
omit חרב).