Hebrew · H3001, H2717 · unreviewed

יָבֵשׁ / חָרֵב

To be ashamed , confused or disappointed ; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage) · to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate , destroy , kill

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יָבֵשׁ H3001 to be ashamed , confused or disappointed ; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
Pronunciation yāvēsh
Shame and drying converge: social humiliation mirrors physical withering, both mark failure and depletion
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חָרַב H2717 to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate , destroy , kill
Pronunciation ḥārab
Devastation through deprivation: drought imagery extends to destruction of land, cities, and life itself.
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What does יָבֵשׁ / חָרֵב (yavesh / charev) mean in the Bible?

יָבֵשׁ · חָרַב is a Hebrew word meaning "dry, dried up".

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Meaning

dry, dried up
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 26×
Perfect Ezek 19:12 · Jer 10:14 · Jer 48:20 · Jer 50:2 · Jer 51:17 · Joel 1:10 · Joel 1:12 · Joel 1:17 · Josh 2:10 · Josh 4:23 · Josh 5:1 · Hos 2:7 · Jer 46:24 · Jer 48:1 · Jer 6:15 · Jer 8:12 23×
Imperfect Isa 42:15 · Isa 44:27
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 27×
Perfect Hos 9:16 · Isa 15:6 · Isa 40:7 · Isa 40:8 · Josh 9:5 · Josh 9:12 · Lam 4:8 · Ps 22:16 · Ps 129:6 · Ezek 37:11 · Jer 23:10 · Joel 1:12 · Joel 1:20 · Gen 8:14 14×
Imperfect Amos 4:7 · Ezek 17:9 · Ezek 17:10 · Zech 11:17 · Isa 19:7 · Jer 12:4 · Job 8:12 · Job 18:16 · Ps 102:12 10×
Infinitive absolute Ezek 17:10 · Zech 11:17
Infinitive construct Gen 8:7
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action
Imperfect Job 15:30 · Prov 17:22
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