חֲרַב chărab — to demolish
Translated in the KJV as destroy.
(Aramaic) a root corresponding to H2717; to demolish.
chărab in each stem
Hoph'al
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.
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 ›