- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- חֲרֵבָ֔ה2
- הֶחָרֵ֛ב1
- הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹת1
- הֶחֳרֵב֔וֹת1
- וַחֲרֵבָ֑ה1
- חָרֵ֣ב1
- חָרֵ֔ב1
- חָרֵֽב׃1
- חֲ֭רֵבָה1
How it is rendered · 5
- [is] desolate5
- the wasted2
- and dry1
- dry1
- the desolate1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- adjective · feminine singular3
- adjective · masculine singular3
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAafsa · 3
- HAamsa · 3
- HTd/Aafpa · 2
- HC/Aafsa · 1
- HTd/Aamsa · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah2 of 10 · 20%
- Jeremiah2 of 10 · 20%
- Ezekiel2 of 10 · 20%
- Haggai2 of 10 · 20%
- Leviticus1 of 10 · 10%
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Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 2:3חֲרֵבָ֔הcharevahadjective · feminine singularand replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”here: [is] desolate
- Nehemiah 2:17חֲרֵבָ֔הcharevahadjective · feminine singularThen I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”here: [is] desolate
Proverbs1 occurrence
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 33:10חָרֵ֣בcharevadjective · masculine singularThis is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard againhere: [is] desolate
- Jeremiah 33:12הֶחָרֵ֛בhecharevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.here: the desolate
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 36:35הֶחֳרֵב֛וֹתhechorevotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluralThen they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’here: the wasted
- Ezekiel 36:38הֶחֳרֵב֔וֹתhechorevotthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine pluralLike the numerous flocks for sacrifices at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so the ruined cities will be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”here: the wasted
Haggai2 occurrences
- Haggai 1:4חָרֵֽב׃charevadjective · masculine singular“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”here: [is] desolate
- Haggai 1:9חָרֵ֔בcharevadjective · masculine singularYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.here: [is] desolate
