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חֳרַב‏ n.m. devastation

wasteland JLAtg, Syr. TgJ Ez29:10 : וְאַתֵין יָת אַרעָא דְמִצרַיִם לְחוֹרַב‏ I shall make the land of Egypt into a wasteland. devastation Qumran, Syr, JBA, Man.

desiccation LJLA. TgPs90:6 : לרמשא מתמולל ומתיבש מן חורבא‏ by evening it is cut off and dried up from desiccation.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 442b; Jastrow: 439; Levy Ch-W: 1:280;

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Derivatives:

ḥwrbh, ḥwrbtˀ (ḥurbā, ḥurbəṯā) n.f. devastation