חֶרֶב

1. a. sword, as weapon of war 1 Mos 48,22 (E), Dom 7,14; Dom 7,20; 1 Sam 21,9, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ ׳ח Dom 3,16, compare פִּיּוֺת ׳ח Ord 5,4 (in simile), פִּיפִיּוֺת ׳ח Sl 149,6 see also ׳צוּר ח edge of sword Sl 89,44.
\ \ b. gird on sword = ׳חָגַר הח 1 Sam 17,39; 1 Sam 25,13 (3 t. in verse); Sl 45,4 (׳הח ׳ח עַל יָרֵך), שִׂים על ירך 2 Mos 32,27, compare especially 2 Sam 20,8.
\ \ c. draw the sword ׳הֵרִיק הח 2 Mos 15,9; 3 Mos 26,33; Ezk 5,2; Ezk 5,12; Ezk 12,14; Ezk 28,7, ׳הוציא הח Ezk 21,8; Ezk 21,10, ׳פתח הח Sl 37,14; Ezk 21,33, נטשׁ Es 21,15 (Gr Che לטשׁ see below); usually ׳שׁלף הח 4 Mos 22,23; 4 Mos 22,31; Jos 5,13; Dom 3,22; Dom 8,10; Dom 8,20; Dom 9,54; 1 Sam 17,51; 1 Sam 31,4 = 1 Kron 10,4; 1 Kron 21,16, and as characteristic of warriors ׳שֹׁלֵף ח Dom 20,2; Dom 20,15; Dom 20,17; Dom 20,25; Dom 20,35; Dom 20,46; 2 Sam 24,9; 2 Kong 3,26; 1 Kron 21,5 (twice in verse); ׳וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח 2 Sam 23,10, insert also in || 1 Kron 11,13 (Dr).
\ \ d. whet, sharpen the sword ׳לטשׁ הח Sl 7,13 (compare Es 21,15 above), but also שׁנן 5 Mos 32,41 compare Sl 64,4, הוּחַדָּה Ezk 21,14; Ezk 21,16.
\ \ e. put up the sword into the sheath אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ ׳הֵשִׁיב הח 1 Kron 21,27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר 1 Sam 7,51; 2 Sam 20,8; Jer 47,6; Ezk 21,8). feminine slay with sword הרג ׳בח Jos 10,11; Jos 13,22 +; in ימותו אנשׁים 1 Sam 2,33, insert בְּחֶרֶב before אנשׁים ᵐ5 We Dr; rarely ׳הכה בח Jos 11,10; 2 Kong 19,37 = Es 37,38 very often ׳הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Sam 2,26; 2 Sam 11,25) = without quarter 4 Mos 21,24 (E) 5 Mos 13,16 a 5 Mos 20,13; Jos 11,11; Jos 11,12; Jos 11,14 (all D) Dom 18,27; Dom 21,10; 1 Kong 10,25; Job 1,15; Job 1,17 also with העיר as sole object Jos 8,24; Jos 10,28; Jos 10,30; Jos 10,32; Jos 10,35; Jos 10,37, compare vJos 10,39; Jos 19,47; Dom 1,8; Dom 1,25; Dom 20,37; 1 Sam 22,19 (twice in verse); 2 Sam 15,14 ׳הרג לפיחֿ 1 Mos 34,26 (J); ׳החרים לפיחֿ 5 Mos 13,16b (including הָעִיר in object), Jos 6,21; 1 Sam 15,8, ׳חלשׁ לפיחֿ 2 Mos 17,13 (E); ׳נפל לפיחֿ Jos 8,24; Dom 4,16 ׳ל֗֗֗פיחֿ׳וַיָּהָם י Dom 4,15 — (׳לפיחֿ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 t.), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).
\ \ g. ׳אכלה הח etc., of the sword as devouring: — תּאֹכֵל חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר 5 Mos 32,42 (poetry), 2 Sam 2,26; 2 Sam 11,25; 2 Sam 18,8; Es 1,10; Jer 2,30; Jer 46,10; Jer 46,14; Nah 2,14.
\ \ h. slain by sword is ׳חֲלַלחִֿ 4 Mos 19,16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, ׳חַלְלֵיחֿ Ezk 31,17; Ezk 31,18; Ezk 32,21; Ezk 32,25; Ezk 32,28; Ezk 32,29; Ezk 32,30; Ezk 32,32; Ezk 35,8 ׳מְחֻלְלֵי ח vEzk 35,26 < Co ׳חלליחֿ (on text of Ezk 32,20; Ezk 32,22; Ezk 32,31 see Co).
\ \ i. ׳שְׁבֻיוֺת ח 1 Mos 31,26 are captives of (taken by) sword.
\ \ j. sword frequently agent of ׳י Dom 7,20; Es 34,6; Jer 12,12; Jer 47,6 etc., — so 5 Mos 28,22, but read חֹרֶב see below I. חרב (compare on other hand 1 Sam 17,47); note especially 1 Mos 3,24 ׳לַהַט הח הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת; in poetry ׳לַהַכ ח Nah 3,3, ׳בְּרַק ח 5 Mos 32,41.
\ \ k. ׳ח figurative of tongue Sl 57,5 compare Sl 59,8 figurative of violence war, etc., 1 Mos 27,40 in simile Ord 5,4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women).

2. knife צֻרִים ׳ח flint knives for use in circumcision Jos 5,2; Jos 5,3 (see We^{Skizzen iii, 166}); Ezk 5,1; Ezk 5,2 חַדָּה תַּעַר ׳ח הַגַּלָּבִים (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant).

3. of tools used in hewing stone חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה 2 Mos 20,25 ׳יִתֹּץ בח Ezk 26,9, according to most = tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2 Kron 34,6 Qr בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins, Be, who compare Sl 109,10 see חָרְבָּה below II. חרב (ᵐ5 ᵑ9 omit חרב).