† I. חֵ֫רֶם noun masculineLeviticus 27:28 1. 
devoted thing. 
2. 
devotion, ban; — 
ח׳ absolute 
Joshua 6:17 +
24 times (most read 
חֶרֶם Zechariah 14:11, Baer 
חֵרֶם); 
חֶ֑רֶם Joshua 7:1; suffix 
חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42; 
Isaiah 34:5; — 
thing devoted to 
י׳ : 
    1. thing hostile to theocracy, and therefore (in the strictest application) to be either destroyed, or, in the case of certain objects (e.g. silver and gold, vessels of brass and iron 
Joshua 6:19, 
24), set apart to sacred uses; especially
 
    a. of a Canaanite city, as Jericho, including all inhabitants (except Rahab's family) and spoil 
Joshua 6:17, 
18 (twice in verse); 
Joshua 7:1, 
11, 
15; Achan by taking 
מִןהַֿחֵרֶם made (camp of) Israel 
ח׳ Joshua 7:12; compare 
Joshua 6:18, and became himself 
ח׳, and was stoned and, with his family and possessions, including the spoil, was burnt 
Joshua 7:1, 
11, 
12, 
13 (twice in verse) (all J E except 
Joshua 7:1 P; compare 
Joshua 7:15; 
Joshua 7:24; 
Joshua 7:25); 
מָעַל מַעַל בַּח׳ committed unfaithfulness in the matter of the 
devoted thing is term for the sin 
Joshua 7:1; 
Joshua 22:20 (both P), compare 
מָעַל בַּח׳ 1 Chronicles 2:7; Saul and Israel spared Agag king of Amalek and 
רֵאשִׁית הַח׳ i.e. of the spoil (sheep and oxen), which should have been utterly destroyed 
1 Samuel 15:21 (compare 
1 Samuel 15:3; 
1 Samuel 15:8; Saul rejected by 
י׳ for this 
1 Samuel 15:11; 
1 Samuel 15:26); so an idolatrous city in Israel should become 
ח׳, with all its contents, and be utterly destroyed 
Deuteronomy 13:17 (compare 
Deuteronomy 13:13; 
Deuteronomy 13:15; 
Deuteronomy 13:16).
 
    b. of individuals, one having relic of Canaanit. god in his house should become 
ח׳, the relic being 
ח׳ Deuteronomy 7:26 (twice in verse); every human being who became 
ח׳ should be killed 
Leviticus 27:29 (twice in verse) (P; see Di).
 
    3. devotion, ban, involving destruction; 
אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42 man under my (
י׳'s) 
ban (of Benhadad); 
עַם חֶרְמִי Isaiah 34:5 (of Edom); 
נתן לַח׳ Isaiah 43:28 figurative of 
י׳'s giving over Judah to Chaldaea; 
ח׳ not to be in future 
Zechariah 14:11; 
ח׳ אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ וְהִכֵּיתִי פּן־אָבוֹא Malachi 3:24 
smite the land with a ban, i.e. utterly destroy it.
 
† II. חֵ֫רֶם noun masculine net (as something perforated; compare Arabic 
مُغَرَّمً perforated work, Fl in NHWB
ii, 208; Late Hebrew 
חֵרֶם net; Phoenician 
חרם maker of nets) — absolute 
ח׳ Micah 7:2; suffix 
חֶרְמִי Ezekiel 32:3, 
חֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:15, 
16, 
17; plural 
חֲרָמִים Ecclesiastes 7:26; 
Ezekiel 26:5, 
14; 
Ezekiel 47:10; — 
hunter's net Micah 7:2; 
Ecclesiastes 7:26; 
fisherman's net Ezekiel 26:5, 
14; 
Ezekiel 32:3; 
Ezekiel 47:10; 
Habakkuk 1:15, 
16, 
17.
														
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