חֲרוּב

חֲרוּבI m. (חרב) (dry, 1) carob-pod; carob-tree. B. Bath.IV, 8 ח׳ שאינו מורכב a carob-tree which has not yet been ingrafted (bears no fruit). B. Mets.59b; a. fr.Pl. חֲרוּבִים, חֲרוּבִין. R. Hash. 15b. B. Bath.70a. Lev. R. s. 35, a. e. (play on חרב תאכלו, Is. 1:20) ח׳ תֹּאכְלוּ (some ed. וחרבין, corr. acc.) ye shall eat carobs (live in poverty); a. fr. 2) a variety of beans, the pods of which resemble the carob, v. חֲרוּבָא. Kil. I, 2.