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- חֶרֶבf. (b. h.; cmp. חרף) 1) sword. Ḥull.3a, v. חָלָל I. B. Bath8b ח׳ קשהוכ׳ death in war is a greater affliction than natural death. Snh.116a מהם הרגו בח׳ some of them they put to death by the sword. Tanḥ Balak 8; Num. R. s. 20 אא״כ שלף חַרְבּוֹ without drawing his sword. Ib. בח׳ חייהם live on their sword. Taan.III, 5 על הח׳ on the sword, i. e. when armies are passing the country. Ib. 22a ח׳ של שלום a friendly army passing; a. fr. 2) the sword-shaped handle of a plough. Kel. XXI, 2. Tosef. ib. B. Bath.I, 7.Pl. חֲרָבוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 21 ח׳ מכאןוכ׳ (soldiers with) swords here ; a. e.
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