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ḥrb, ḥrbˀ (ḥreḇ, ḥarbā) n.f./m. sword
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sword
Common Aramaic
Sf.3 a13↗ nkh t{p}<k>ṅh bḥrb : you must put it to the sword ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .161↗ חרב תדלח מין שפין בין רעין טבן‏ : a sword will stir up smooth water between good friends ; 11QtgJob 27.6=36:12↗ בחרבא יפלון‏ ; 4QEnb2.2.10226↗ ל]מ̇עבד חרבן די פרזל‏ ; TgO Gen31:26↗ וְכַסִיתָא מִנִי וְדַבַרת יָת בְנָתַי כְשִביָת חֲרַב‏ : you hid it from me and took away my daughters as if captured by a sword ; SYAP 21:9↗ וכהני דאתקטילו בחרב‏ : my priests who were slain by a sword ; GT A Exod22:23↗ דלא יֶתקוֹף רוֹגזֶי וַאקַטֶל יתכון בחָרבָה‏ : lest my anger flare up and a slay you all with the sword ; CPA(le97) Gen 3:24↗ ܦܩܕ ܠܟܪܘܒܝܢ ܘܠܚܪ̈ܒܐ ܕܫܠܗܒܝܬܐ ܕܡܗܦܟܐ‏ ; Marqe 1.120↗ חרבה דאתה עתיד קטל בה כפוריה‏ : the sword by which you are going to kill the deniers ; AGnEx 47.5↗ ܘܫܢܢ ܚܪܒܐ ܕܐܬܬܣܝܓ ܒܗ ܦܪܕܝܣܐ‏ : the blade of the sword by which paradise was protected ; BT Tan 21a(45)↗ שאדי מניה עפרא והוו חרבי‏ : they would throw earth from it, and it would turn into swords ; PJ Gen3:24↗ אתקין גהינם לרשיעיא דמתילא לחריבא שנינא אכלה מתרין סיטרין‏ : He prepared Gehenna for the wicked, which is likened to a sharp sword that consumes from two sides
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weaponry
OfAEg
TAD C1.2 R4↗ תהך בחרב חילך‏ : you should go with your armies weapons
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other sharp pointed weapon or implement
Syr
(1)
spear point
Syr
Am4 663:11↗ ܚܪܒܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܢܝܙܟܐ‏ ; ZM1 48:13 ܚܪܒܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܢܝܙܟܐ ܕܝܠܝ‏
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ܕܦܲܕܿܵܢܵܐ : plow handle
Syr
SyrAhiq 1 3:507↗ ܚܪܒܐ ܕܦܕܢܐ ܡܢ ܬܚܝܬ ܫܚܬܗ ܕܓܡܠܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܓܪܕܝܐ‏ : the plow handle would never be scraped from beneath the camel's(!) armpit ; P Lk9:62↗ ܠܵܐ ܐܼܢܵܫ ܪܵܡܸܐ ܐܼܝܕ݂ܸܗ ܥܲܠ ܚܲܪܒ̇ܵܐ ܕ݁ܦ݂ܲܕ̇ܵܢܵܐ܂ ܘܚܵܐܲܪ ܠܒ݂ܸܣܬ݁ܪܸܗ ܘܚܵܫܲܚ ܠܡܲܠܟ݁ܘ݂ܬ݂ܸܗ ܕ݁ܲܐܠܵܗܵܐ‏ : no one lays his hand on the handle of plow and then looks behind him is useful for the kingdom of God
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blade
JBA, JBAg
BT Šab 123b(15)↗ האי חרב{{ה}}^א^ דאושכפי‏ : the shoemaker's blade
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fig.: slaughter, war
Qumran, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, Man, LJLA
11QtgJob 33.3=39:21↗ ובחיל ינפק לאנפי חרב‏ : bravely he goes out facing battle ; AphDem5.79:3↗ ܘܚܝܠܐ ܕܟܢܫ ܢܦܫܗ ܠܚܪܒܐ‏ : the army that has mustered itself for war ; P Jos10:20↗ ܠܡܚܪܒ ܐܢܘܢ ܚܪܒܐ ܪܒܬܐ‏ ; P 2Ch13:17↗ ܚܪܒ ܐܢܘܢ ܐܒܝܐ ܚܪܒܐ ܪܒܬܐ‏ ; JBAmb2 56:7↗ דאיתקטיל אחוה בחרבה <ד>דרמיסק‏ : whose brother was killed in the Damascene war ; MegAntioch 43↗ וְעִמֵיה גַברִין דְאִשתֵיזַבוּ מִן חַרבָא‏
(1)
blow
Syr
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destruction
Syr, Man
(3)
punishment
Syr
WisSol5:17↗ ܠܚܪܒܐ ܕܣ̈ܢܐܘܗܝ‏
4
(astron.) (name of a?) comet
Syr, Man
P Is34:5 ↗ ܚܪܒܝ ܒܫܡܝܐ‏ ; IshIsa 36:26↗ text not cited ; AM 247:4↗ hirba mn madna titahzia : h' is seen from the east
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in חרבא דמשׁה : a collection of magical names and words
JBAg
HM(1) 87:(1)8↗ בשם מארי כל קדישייא ועד תכלית חרבא‏ : in the name of the Lord of all the holy ones until the end of the 'sword'
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alone
JBAg
HM(1) 87:(1)32↗ ועל כל קמיעא דכתבת מן חרבא‏ : every charm that you write from the "sword"
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in late Mandaic in the sense "war" the Arabizing forms harub (var. harb) are used
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For "plow handle" rather than plowshare see Seidel AOf 15: 162. but compare BBah.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 486[254]DJPA: 213bDJBA: 481aJastrow: 498Drower/Macuch: 126b, 147b, 137bJ. Payne-Smith: 156Levy Ch-W: 1:280Tal Sam: 293DNWSI: 403DCPA[Schulthess]: 137[69]BarBahlul: 770:25; 1830:21DJA: 50aQumran: 90

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