חֶ֫רֶב 411 noun feminineIsaiah 21:15 sword (as weapon; Aramaic
חַרְבָּא,
axBrfo, Zinjirli
חרב; Arabic
حَرْبَةً dart, javelin) — absolute
חֶ֫רֶב Genesis 3:24 +;
חָ֑רֶב Exodus 17:13 +; construct
חֶ֫רֶב Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix
חַרְבִּי Exodus 15:9 +
13 times;
חַרְבְּךָ Genesis 27:40 +
7 times;
חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 17:33;
Psalm 17:13;
חַרְבּוֺ Numbers 22:23 +
24 times;
חַרְבְּכֶם Jeremiah 2:30;
Ezekiel 33:26;
חַרְבָּם Psalm 37:15;
Psalm 44:4; plural
חֲרָבוֺת Isaiah 21:15 +
5 times; construct
חַרְבוֺת Joshua 5:2 +
2 times; suffix
חַרְבוֺתָיו Ezekiel 26:9;
חַרְבוֺתָם Isaiah 2:4 +
5 times;
חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3 +
2 times; —
c. draw the sword הֵרִיק הח׳ Exodus 15:9;
Leviticus 26:33;
Ezekiel 5:2,
12;
Ezekiel 12:14;
Ezekiel 28:7,
הוציא הח׳ Ezekiel 21:8;
Ezekiel 21:10,
פתח הח׳ Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33,
נטשׁ Isaiah 21:15 (Gr Che
לטשׁ see below); usually
שׁלף הח׳ Numbers 22:23,
31;
Joshua 5:13;
Judges 3:22;
Judges 8:10,
20;
Judges 9:54;
1 Samuel 17:51;
1 Samuel 31:4 =
1 Chronicles 10:4;
1 Chronicles 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors
שֹׁלֵף ח׳ Judges 20:2,
15,
17,
25,
35,
46;
2 Samuel 24:9;
2 Kings 3:26;
1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice in verse);
וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח׳ 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in ||
1 Chronicles 11:13 (Dr).
f. slay with sword הרג בח׳ Joshua 10:11;
Joshua 13:22 +; in
ימותו אנשׁים 1 Samuel 2:33, insert
בְּחֶרֶב before
אנשׁים 
We Dr; rarely
הכה בח׳ Joshua 11:10;
2 Kings 19:37 =
Isaiah 37:38; very often
הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ׳ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (
2 Samuel 2:26;
11:25) =
without quarter Numbers 21:24 (E)
Deuteronomy 13:16; a
Deuteronomy 20:13;
Joshua 11:11,
12,
14 (all D)
Judges 18:27;
Judges 21:10;
1 Kings 10:25;
Job 1:15,
17; also with
העיר as sole object
Joshua 8:24;
Joshua 10:28,
30,
32,
35,
37, compare
Joshua 10:39;
Joshua 19:47;
Judges 1:8,
25;
Judges 20:37;
1 Samuel 22:19 (twice in verse);
2 Samuel 15:14;
הרג לפיחֿ׳ Genesis 34:26 (J);
החרים לפיחֿ׳ Deuteronomy 13:16b (including
הָעִיר in object),
Joshua 6:21;
1 Samuel 15:8,
חלשׁ לפיחֿ׳ Exodus 17:13 (E);
נפל לפיחֿ׳ Joshua 8:24;
Judges 4:16;
לפי־ח׳֗֗֗ י׳וַיָּהָם Judges 4:15; — (
לפיחֿ׳ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (
21 times), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).
2. knife צֻרִים ח׳ flint knives for use in circumcision
Joshua 5:2,
3(see We
Skizzen iii, 166);
Ezekiel 5:1,
2חַדָּה תַּעַר ח׳ הַגַּלָּבִים (according to Co use of
sword as razor is significant).
3. of tools used in hewing stone
חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה Exodus 20:25;
יִתֹּץ בח׳ Ezekiel 26:9, according to most =
tools, axes, 'steel' (Co
' Eisen '), but possibly
swords as implement ready to hand;
2 Chronicles 34:6 Qr
בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps
בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins, Be, who compare
Psalm 109:10; see
חָרְבָּה below II.
חרב (

omit
חרב).
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