*ḫVrVb-: 'dry, dry up' 1, 'be desolate, devastated' 2

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḫVrVb-
Meaning	'dry, dry up' 1, 'be desolate, devastated' 2
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	ḫarābu; ḫarbūtu (CAD Ḫ 99)	CAD Ḫ 99	gloss withheld
Arabic	ḫariba 'ruined' (Lane 715)	Lane 715; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḫrb
Aramaic	ḤRB 'waste'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḫrb
Hebrew	ḥarab (HALOT 349); ḥōreb (HALOT 350); ḥrbn (DNWSI 403)	HALOT 349; HALOT 350; DNWSI 403; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḫrb	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	ḫrb 'wither'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root ḫrb
Syrian Aramaic	ḥreb (HALOT 349); ḥrībūtā (Payne Smith 157); ḥrūbūtā (Payne Smith 156)	HALOT 349; Payne Smith 157; Payne Smith 156	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	ḥrbtʾ (HALOT 350); ḥrbn (DNWSI 403)	HALOT 350; DNWSI 403	gloss withheld
Punic	*ḥrb (T 113)	T 113	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic ʾḫrb (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 41)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 41	gloss withheld
Tigre	ḥarba (HALOT 349)	HALOT 349
Canaanite	Eg.-Syll. ḫa=—r=ba /*ḫarba, ḫurba/ 2 (Hoch 249)	Hoch 249	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	ḥrb hof. 2 (HALOT BArm. s.v. חרב)	HALOT BArm. s.v. חרב	gloss withheld

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Updated 26 October 2026

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