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Hebrew wordlink #85435

OSHB Deu 7:2 הַחֲרֵם (haḩₐrēm) Strongs=2763 a Lemma=‘חָרַם’
contextual word gloss=‘certainly_(totally_destroy)’ word gloss=‘to_destroy’
Morphology=Vha PoS=hiphil_verb Type=infinitive_absolute
Year=-1451

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Other uses (3) of identical word form הַחֲרֵם (Morphology=Vha PoS=hiphil_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘הַחֲרֵם’ (Morphology=Vha PoS=hiphil_verb Type=infinitive_absolute) has 3 different glosses: ‘certainly_(totally_destroy)’, ‘totally_destroy’, ‘we_totally_destroyed’.

DEU 3:6 contextual word gloss=‘we_totally_destroyed’ word gloss=‘destroying’ OSHB DEU 3:6 word 8

OET-LV: 6 And_we _totally _destroyed them just_as we _had _done to_Şīḩōn the _king _of Ḩeshbōn we _totally _destroyed every _of city men the_women and_the _little_one[s]. (DEU_3:6)

OET-RV: 6 We completely destroyed them like we’d done to Heshbon’s King Sihon—men, women, and children, (DEU 3:6)

DEU 13:16 contextual word gloss=‘totally_destroy’ word gloss=‘utterly_destroying’ OSHB DEU 13:16 word 9

OET-LV: 16  certainly _(strike) you _will _strike _down DOM the _inhabitants _of the_city (the)_that to_the_mouth _of the_sword totally _destroy DOM_her/it and_DOM all _of who are_in_it and_DOM livestock _of_its to_the_mouth _of the_sword. (DEU_13:16)

OET-RV: 16 Gather all the people’s possessions and pile them up in the city plaza, then burn the place and everything in it like a ‘burnt offering’ to Yahweh. Leave the place as an abandoned heap—it should never be rebuilt again. (DEU 13:16)

DEU 20:17 contextual word gloss=‘certainly_(totally_destroy)’ word gloss=‘to_destroy’ OSHB DEU 20:17 word 2

OET-LV: 17 If/because certainly _(totally _destroy) you_will _totally _destroy _them the_Ḩittiy[s] and_the_ʼAmorī[s] the_Kənaˊₐnī and_the_Pərizzī[s] the_Ḩiūī and_the_Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)[s] just_as he_commanded _you YHWH god _of_your. (DEU_20:17)

OET-RV: 17 because you must complete eliminate the Hittes, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Yevusites. Do that just as your god Yahweh commanded you (DEU 20:17)