חֲרַב chărab — to demolish

pronounced khar-ab' · Strong's H2718 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Hoph'al

Translated in the KJV as destroy.

(Aramaic) a root corresponding to H2717; to demolish.

chărab in each stem

Hoph'al 1×

Causative · passive — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject has it done to them

Perfect (qatal) 1

הָֽחָרְבַֽת Ezra 4:15 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person feminine singular

That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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