חָרֵב
cha.rev (H2717B)
to destroy
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "cha.rev" (H2717B) is defined as "to destroy." Its semantic domain is related to "Death & Life," indicating that this word is associated with concepts of mortality and existence. With 20 occurrences in the Bible, "cha.rev" is a relatively common term used to convey the idea of annihilation or eradication. The frequency of its usage suggests that "cha.rev" is an important concept in the Hebrew Bible, possibly highlighting the reality of death and the consequences of various actions. Its association with the semantic domain of "Death & Life" implies that this word is connected to themes of mortality, suffering, and the human experience. Given its definition and usage, "cha.rev" likely serves as a warning or a description of the consequences of certain actions, emphasizing the importance of considering the potential outcomes of one's decisions.
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When the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, “Our god has delivered our enemy and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us, into our hand.”
Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
It won’t be quenched night nor day. Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation, it will lie waste. No one will pass through it forever and ever.
Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,
I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
Your children hurry. Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
“Be astonished, you heavens, at this and be horribly afraid. Be very desolate,” says Yahweh.
Why have you prophesied in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘This house will be like Shiloh, and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant?’ ” All the people were crowded around Jeremiah in Yahweh’s house.
In all your dwelling places, the cities will be laid waste and the high places will be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be abolished.
The cities that are inhabited will be laid waste, and the land will be a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”
He knew their palaces, and laid waste their cities. The land was desolate, with its fullness, because of the noise of his roaring.
“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be replenished, now that she is laid waste;’
“For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep on you, and the great waters cover you;
I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities among the cities that are laid waste will be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.”
“They will be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate. Her cities will be among the cities that are wasted.
The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
I have cut off nations. Their battlements are desolate. I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. Their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, so that there is no inhabitant.