*ḥereb-: 'sword' 1, 'war' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ḥereb-
Meaning'sword' 1, 'war' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicḥarb 'war' 2 (Lane 540)Lane 540
Aramaicḥrb (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 403)Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 403; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥrbgloss withheld
Geezḥarb 'war' 2Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥrb
Hebrewḥereb 'sword' (BDB 352)BDB 352; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥrb
Ugariticḥrb (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 13)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 13; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḥrbgloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicḥarbā (HALOT 349; DJPA 213b apud CAL)HALOT 349; DJPA 213b; CAL
Soqotriḥarib (LGz. 241)LGz. 241gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicharba (LGz. 241; MD 126)LGz. 241; MD 126
Epigraphic South ArabianSab ḥrb 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 13; Sabaweb lemma 1707)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 13; Sabaweb lemma 1707gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicḥarbā (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.3 no. 13)Kogan 2015 ch. 3 §5.3 no. 13gloss withheld
Amoriteḥarb: cf. ar-ba-ta-nu(-um), ar-bi-tu-ra-am (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 248)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 248gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ḥrb 2; mḥrb (Al-Jallad 2026, 76); ʾḥrb; ḥrb 2; Hismaic ḥrb (Al-Jallad 2026, 77)Al-Jallad 2026 76; Al-Jallad 2026 77gloss withheld

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Notes

Borrowed as Greek ἅρπη 'sickle'; Mishnaic ḥereb 'ploughshare' (M. Kelim 21:2), and Ugaritic ḥrb beside grain in KTU 1.6 (Rendsburg 2026, 209–210). Egyptian ḥa-r-pa *ḥarba 'dagger, short sword', a loan (Hoch 1994, 233–234 no. 324).

Updated 3 November 2026

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