חרב I

חָרִבI (b. h.) to be burned, dried up, ruined, waste. Snh.22a כאלו ח׳ בה״מוכ׳ as if the Temple had been destroyed in his days. Tosef.Men. XIII, 22 מפני מה חָרְבָהוכ׳ why was Shiloh destroyed?; Yoma 9a. Kil. IV, 1 (expl. קרחת הכרם) כרם שח׳ באמצעו a vineyard the central part of which is laid waste. Ib. V, 1; a. fr. (Num. R. s. 7, end בבל ח׳ מקדש, read: החריב. Taan.29a כשח׳ טורנוס, read: כשחרש, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. Nif. נֶחֱרַב to be destroyed. Erub.18b. Yoma 39b שסופך עתיד לֵיחָרֵב that it is thy final destiny to be destroyed; a. fr. Hithpa. הִתְחָרֵב, Nithpa. נִתְחָרֵב same. Pesik. R. s. 31 שיִתְחָרֵב. (Pirké dR. El. ch. XXXIII, v. חָרַךְ. Hif. הֶחֱרִיב to destroy, lay waste. Tosef.M. Kat. I, 5 מַחֲרִיבִין חוריוכ׳ you may destroy ant-stores (during the festive week). Num. R. s. 7, end שהֶחֱרִיבוּ בה״מ for they (the Romans) destroyed the Temple; a. fr. Hof. הָחֳרָב to be destroyed. Pes.42b (ref. to Ez. 26:2) אי מלאה זו הָחְרְבָה זו Ms. M. (ed. חרבה, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 9) when the one (Jerusalem) is populated, the other (Caesarea) is laid waste; Yalk. Gen. 110 חֲרֵיבָה.