† I. חֵ֫רֶם noun masculineLeviticus 27:28 1.
devoted thing.
2.
devotion, ban; —
ח׳ absolute
Joshua 6:17 +
24 times (most read
חֶרֶם Zechariah 14:11, Baer
חֵרֶם);
חֶ֑רֶם Joshua 7:1; suffix
חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42;
Isaiah 34:5; —
thing devoted to
י׳ :
1. thing hostile to theocracy, and therefore (in the strictest application) to be either destroyed, or, in the case of certain objects (e.g. silver and gold, vessels of brass and iron
Joshua 6:19,
24), set apart to sacred uses; especially
a. of a Canaanite city, as Jericho, including all inhabitants (except Rahab's family) and spoil
Joshua 6:17,
18 (twice in verse);
Joshua 7:1,
11,
15; Achan by taking
מִןהַֿחֵרֶם made (camp of) Israel
ח׳ Joshua 7:12; compare
Joshua 6:18, and became himself
ח׳, and was stoned and, with his family and possessions, including the spoil, was burnt
Joshua 7:1,
11,
12,
13 (twice in verse) (all J E except
Joshua 7:1 P; compare
Joshua 7:15;
Joshua 7:24;
Joshua 7:25);
מָעַל מַעַל בַּח׳ committed unfaithfulness in the matter of the
devoted thing is term for the sin
Joshua 7:1;
Joshua 22:20 (both P), compare
מָעַל בַּח׳ 1 Chronicles 2:7; Saul and Israel spared Agag king of Amalek and
רֵאשִׁית הַח׳ i.e. of the spoil (sheep and oxen), which should have been utterly destroyed
1 Samuel 15:21 (compare
1 Samuel 15:3;
1 Samuel 15:8; Saul rejected by
י׳ for this
1 Samuel 15:11;
1 Samuel 15:26); so an idolatrous city in Israel should become
ח׳, with all its contents, and be utterly destroyed
Deuteronomy 13:17 (compare
Deuteronomy 13:13;
Deuteronomy 13:15;
Deuteronomy 13:16).
b. of individuals, one having relic of Canaanit. god in his house should become
ח׳, the relic being
ח׳ Deuteronomy 7:26 (twice in verse); every human being who became
ח׳ should be killed
Leviticus 27:29 (twice in verse) (P; see Di).
3. devotion, ban, involving destruction;
אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42 man under my (
י׳'s)
ban (of Benhadad);
עַם חֶרְמִי Isaiah 34:5 (of Edom);
נתן לַח׳ Isaiah 43:28 figurative of
י׳'s giving over Judah to Chaldaea;
ח׳ not to be in future
Zechariah 14:11;
ח׳ אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ וְהִכֵּיתִי פּן־אָבוֹא Malachi 3:24
smite the land with a ban, i.e. utterly destroy it.
† II. חֵ֫רֶם noun masculine net (as something perforated; compare Arabic
مُغَرَّمً perforated work, Fl in NHWB
ii, 208; Late Hebrew
חֵרֶם net; Phoenician
חרם maker of nets) — absolute
ח׳ Micah 7:2; suffix
חֶרְמִי Ezekiel 32:3,
חֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:15,
16,
17; plural
חֲרָמִים Ecclesiastes 7:26;
Ezekiel 26:5,
14;
Ezekiel 47:10; —
hunter's net Micah 7:2;
Ecclesiastes 7:26;
fisherman's net Ezekiel 26:5,
14;
Ezekiel 32:3;
Ezekiel 47:10;
Habakkuk 1:15,
16,
17.
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