הָרַס

Qal Perfect ׳הָ Klg 2,2; Klg 2,17 הָרָ֑ס Es 14,17 וְהָרַסְתָּ֫ Dom 6,25 וְהָרַסְתִּ֫י Ezk 13,14; Mik 5,10 וְהָֽרְסוּ Ezk 16,39; Ezk 26,4; Ezk 26,12 הָרָ֑סוּ 1 Kong 19,10; 1 Kong 19,14 Imperfect יַהֲרוֺס Job 12,14 suffix יֶהֶרְסֶ֑ךָ Es 22,19 וַיֶּהֶרְסֶ֑הָ 1 Kron 20,1 יֶהֶרְסֶנָּה Ord 29,4 יֶהֶרְסֵם Sl 28,5 3 feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular תֶּהֶרְסֶנּוּ Ord 14,1 2 masculine singular תַּהֲרֹס 2 Mos 15,7 אֶהֱרֹס Jer 24,6; Jer 42,10 אֶהֱרוֺס Mal 1,4 3 masculine plural יֶהֶרְסוּ 2 Mos 19,21; 2 Mos 19,24 יַהֲרֹ֑סוּ 2 Kong 3,25 Imperative הֲרָסֿ Sl 58,7 suffix הָרְסָהּ 2 Sam 11,25 Infinitive הֲרֹס Jer 31,28 הֲרוֺס Jer 1,10 Participle active הֹרֵס Jer 45,4 passive הָרוּס 1 Kong 18,30 —

1. throw down, tear down, with accusative: altar(s) Dom 6,25; 1 Kong 18,30; 1 Kong 19,10; 1 Kong 19,14 height (גַּב, where idol-altar stood ? compare גֶּב below גבב) Ezk 16,39 city (cities) Es 14,17; 2 Sam 11,25; 2 Kong 3,25; 1 Kron 20,1 (compare MI²⁷) Mal 1,4 (object not expressed); wall(s) Ezk 13,14; Ezk 26,12 house Ord 14,1 (figurative of foolish woman's action); strongholds (מִבְצָרִים) Klg 2,2; Mik 5,10 tower(s) Ezk 26,4 figurative overthrow (i.e. ruin) land Ord 29,4 (opposed to יַעֲמִיד); object men 2 Mos 15,7 (poem in E) Es 22,19 (cast down Shebna from office); figurative, opposed to building up, of Yahweh's dealings with men Sl 28,5, compare (without object) Jer 24,6; Jer 42,10 object indefinite אשׁר בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס Jer 45,4 absolute Jer 1,10; Jer 31,28; Klg 2,17; Job 12,14.

2. break down, break away שִׁנֵּימוֺ בְּפִימוֺ ׳ה Sl 58,7 break away their teeth in their mouth! figurative, addressed to God.

3. break through, intransitive, followed by ׳אֶליֿ 2 Mos 19,21 followed by ׳לַעֲלֹת אֶליֿ, v2 Mos 19,24 (both J). Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נֶהֱרָ֑סָה Ord 24,31 3 plural נֶהֶרְסוּ Jer 50,15; Joel 1,17 וְנֶהֶרְסוּ consecutive Ezk 30,4; Ezk 38,20 Imperfect יֵהָרֵס Jer 31,40 3 feminine singular תֵּהָרֵס Ord 11,11 יֵהָרֵס֑וּן Sl 11,3 Participle הַנֶּהֱרָסוֺת Ezk 36,35; Ezk 36,36 — be thrown or torn down; wall(s) of vineyard Ord 24,31, of city Jer 50,15 cities Ezk 36,35 compare vEzk 36,36 figurative ruined Ord 11,11 (opposed to תָּרוּם); foundations, יְסוֺדֹת Ezk 30,4 שָׁתוֺת Sl 11,3 mountains Ezk 38,20 storehouses מַמְּגֻרוֺת Joel 1,17 [see ׳מ]; valley east of Jerusalem לֹאיִֿנָּתֵשׁ וְלֹאיֵֿהָרֵס Jer 31,40 it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down, apparently proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal. Pi`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix תְּהָֽרְסֵם 2 Mos 23,24 Infinitive absolute הָרֵס 2 Mos 23,24 Participle plural suffix מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ Es 49,17 — overthrow, tear down הָרֵס תְּהָֽרְסֵם 2 Mos 23,24 thou shalt utterly tear them down (J E; object = idols compare Di); participle destroyers, of Zion Es 49,17 (|| מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ).