The meaning of “חׇרְבָּה”
Understanding chorbâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine of חֹרֶב decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place). - properly, drought, i.e. (...
חׇרְבָּה
feminine of חֹרֶב decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place). - properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation 1) a place laid waste, ruin, waste, desolation
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 26:33 | “And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.” Word: חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh) | |
| Ezra 9:9 | “For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.” Word: חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh) | |
| Job 3:14 | “With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;” Word: חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh) | |
| Psalms 102:6 | “I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.” Word: חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh) | |
| Isaiah 51:3 | “For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.” Word: חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh) |