UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Notes: Passage: OET ISA 11:15
{A:REB} | {A:HOTTP}-B {A:RSV} {A:NRSV} [e] which others ({A:NIV} {A:NJPS} {A:NJB} {A:GNT} {A:CEV}) translate with "dry up, either as a contextual translation of [e] or on the basis of an emendation (חרב); Passage: OET JOS 6:18
{A:MT} תַּחֲרִימוּ {A:NIV} {A:NJPS} [c] | {A:RSV} [d] | {A:HOTTP}-B {A:NJB} {A:NRSV} {A:REB} {A:CEV} "desire"

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related names: חָרִם; חֳרֵם; חָרְמָה; חֶרְמֹון

Related lemmas: חֵרֶם

Sense 1: (someone with a) split, disfigured (ear, nose, or lip)

Semantic domains: Impact (002001001023)

Core domains: Body (019); Health and Sickness (076)

Definition: = state in which an object is (partly or entirely) split into two parts

Forms: vbqal-s

Show passage in OET: LEV 21:18

OET-RV LEV 21:18

18 Yes, no man who has a deformity must approach to offer a sacrifice, i.e., no one who’s blind, lame, mutilated, or with a swelling,

OET-LV LEV 21:18

18 If/because any _of man whom in/on/over_him/it a _blemish not he _will _draw _near a _man blind or lame or having _a _slit _nose or having _something _enlarged.

Jump to OET LEV 21:18 section.

Sense 2: to split into two parts

Semantic domains: Impact (002001001023)

Definition: = causative action by which deities split a body of water into two parts

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: ISA 11:15

OET-RV ISA 11:15

15 Then Yahweh will completely destroy the gulf from the Mitsri (Egyptian) sea,
⇔ ≈ and wave his hand with his scorching wind over the Perat (Euphrates) river
⇔ → and divide it into seven streams that can be crossed in sandals.

OET-LV ISA 11:15

15 And_ YHWH _he _will _divide DOM the _tongue _of the _sea _of Miʦrayim and_he _will _brandish his/its_hand on the_river with_the _heat _of his/its_breath/wind/spirit and_he_will _strike _it into_seven wadis and_he _will _make _walk in_sandals.

Jump to OET ISA 11:15 section.

Sense 3: to devote oneself to God, to proscribe oneself

Semantic domains: Apart (002003002002)

Core domains: Holy and Common (079)

Definition: = action by which humans set themselves irrevocably apart for God by their actions, ► which means condemning themselves to death

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: JOS 6:18

OET-RV JOS 6:18

18 But for all of you, everything inside the city is forbidden—if any of you take anything out of the city then our camp would also then be marked for destruction and it would cause a lot of trouble.

OET-LV JOS 6:18

18 And_only you(pl) keep from the _devoted_thing[s] lest you(pl)_should _totally _destroy and_you(pl)_will _take any _of the _devoted_thing[s] and_you(pl)_will _make DOM the _camp _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) into_a _devoted _thing and_you(pl)_will _trouble it.

Jump to OET JOS 6:18 section.

Sense 4: to proscribe, to devote

Semantic domains: Apart (002003002002)

Core domains: Holy and Common (079); Divine (055)

Definition: = causative actions by which humans set someone or something irrevocably apart for a deity, ► as a result of which people and animals are to be put to death, cities are to be destroyed, and other objects are to be set apart for the service of that deity

Forms: vbhif-; vbhof- (passive)

Synonyms: בדל · נתן לַטֶּבַח

Show passage in OET: EXO 22:19

OET-RV EXO 22:20

20 You must execute anyone who offers a sacrifice to any god other than Yahweh.

OET-LV EXO 22:19

19  one _who_sacrifices to_gods he _will _be _dedicated _to _destruction except to/for_YHWH for_him/it_being _alone.

Show passage in OET: LEV 27:28

OET-RV LEV 27:28

28 If someone dedicates something to Yahweh that they own (e.g., a man or an animal, or a field), they can’t then sell it or buy it straight back—everything that’s dedicated like that becomes sacred to Yahweh.

OET-LV LEV 27:28

28 Nevertheless every _of devoted _thing which anyone he _will _dedicate _to _destruction to/for_YHWH from_all that to_him/it from_humankind and_livestock and_from_the _field _of his _possession _of_his not it _will _be _sold and_not it _will _be _redeemed every _of devoted _thing is_a _holy _thing _of holy _things it to/for_YHWH.

Jump to OET EXO 22:20 section.

Jump to OET LEV 27:28 section.

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 22:20

LEV: OET LEV 27:28–29

JOS: OET JOS 6:18

EZR: OET EZR 10:8

ISA: OET ISA 34:2

MIC: OET MIC 4:13

Sense 5: to proscribe, to kill, to exterminate, to destroy

Semantic domains: Non-Exist (002002002006)

Core domains: Holy and Common (079)

Definition: = causative action by which humans set towns, people, animals, and objects irrevocably apart for the service of God by destroying the towns, putting the people and the animals to death, and by setting apart valuable objects for the service of God

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: NUM 21:2

OET-RV NUM 21:2

2 Then the Israelis promised Yahweh, “If you help us defeat them, then we’ll completely destroy their towns (instead of looting them) as a way of offering them to you.”

OET-LV NUM 21:2

2 And_ Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _it _vowed a _vow to/for_YHWH and_it _said if really _(give) you _will _give DOM the_people the_this in_hand _of_my and_I _will _totally _destroy DOM cities _of_their.

Show passage in OET: NUM 21:3

OET-RV NUM 21:3

3 Yahweh listened to what they said and enabled them to defeat those Kena’anim (Canaanites), then they dedicated the towns to Yahweh and destroyed them, and they named that area ‘Hormah’ (which means ‘Destruction’).

OET-LV NUM 21:3

3 And_ YHWH _he/it _listened to_the _voice _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it _gave DOM the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] and_it _totally _destroyed them and_DOM cities _of_their and_he/it _called the _name _of the _place Ḩormāh.

Jump to OET NUM 21:2 section.

Jump to OET NUM 21:3 section.

All 29 recorded passages for this sense

NUM: OET NUM 21:2–3

DEU: OET DEU 2:34 · OET DEU 3:6 · OET DEU 7:2 · OET DEU 13:15 · OET DEU 20:17

JOS: OET JOS 2:10 · OET JOS 6:21 · OET JOS 8:26 · OET JOS 10:1 · OET JOS 10:28 · OET JOS 10:35 · OET JOS 10:37 · OET JOS 10:39–40 · OET JOS 11:11–12 · OET JOS 11:20–21

JDG: OET JDG 1:17 · OET JDG 21:11

SA1: OET SA1 15:3 · OET SA1 15:8–9 · OET SA1 15:15 · OET SA1 15:18 · OET SA1 15:20

KI1: OET KI1 9:21

Sense 6: to destroy, to kill, to exterminate, to wipe out

Semantic domains: Non-Exist (002002002006)

Core domains: Destruction (052); Life and Death (099); Aggression (006); Warfare (188)

Definition: = causative action by which humans wipe out (other) humans and objects from existence

Forms: vbhif-

Show passage in OET: KI2 19:11

OET-RV KI2 19:11

11 Tell him that he must have heard how the Assyrian armies have completely devastated other countries, so he shouldn’t think that he will be saved from it.

OET-LV KI2 19:11