down, tear down , c. acc .: altar(s) Ju 6:25 1 K 18:3 0; 19:10 , 14 ; height ( גַּב , where idol-altar stood? cf. גַּב sub גבב ) Ez 16:39 ; city (cities) Is 14:17 2 S 11:25 2 K 3:25 1 Ch 20:1 ( cf. MI 27) Mal 1:4 ( obj. not expr.); wall(s) Ez 13:14 ; 26:12 ; house Pr 14:1 ( fig. of foolish woman’s action); strongholds ( מִבְצָרִים ) La 2:2 Mi 5:1 0; tower(s) Ez 26:4 ; fig. overthrow (i.e. ruin ) land Pr 29:4 ( opp. יַעֲמִיד ); obj. men Ex 15:7 (poem in E ) Is 22:19 ( cast down Shebna from office); fig. , opp. building up, of Yahweh’s dealings with men ψ 28:5 , cf. (without obj. ) Je 24:6 ; 42:10 ; obj. indef. אשׁר בָּנִיתִי אֲנִי הֹרֵס Je 45: 4; abs. Je 1:1 0; 31:28 La 2:17 Jb 12:1 4. 4. break down, break away ה׳ שִׁנֵּימֹו בְּפִימֹו ψ 58:7 break away their teeth in their mouth! fig ., addressed to God. 5. break through , intr. , sq. אֶל־י׳ Ex 19:2 1; sq. לַעֲלֹת אֶל־י׳ v 24 (both J ). Niph. Pf. 3 fs. נֶהֱרָ˜סָה Pr 24:3 1; 3 pl. נֶהֶרְסוּ Je 50:15 Jo 1:1 7; וְנֶהֶרְסוּ consec. Ez 30: 4; 38:20 ; Impf. יֵהָרֵס Je 31:40 ; 3 fs. תֵּהָרֵס Pr 11:1 1; יֵהָרֵס˜וּן ψ 11:3 ; Pt. הַנֶּהֱרָסֹות Ez 36:3 5, 36 ;— be thrown or torn down; stones of wall Pr 24:31 ; wall of city Je 50:15 ; cities Ez 36:35 cf. v 3 6; fig. ruined Pr 11:11 ( opp. תָּרוּם ); foundations, יְסֹודֹת Ez 30: 4;
שָׁתֹות
ψ 11:3
; mountains
Ez 38:20
; storehouses
מַמְּגֻרֹות
Jo 1:17
[
v.
מ׳
]; valley E. of
Jerus.
לֹא־יִנָּתֵשׁ וְלֹא־יֵהָרֵס
Je 31:40
it shall not be plucked up nor thrown down
, appar. proverb. expression, implying destruction, removal.
Pi.
Impf.
2
ms. sf.
תְּהָֽרְסֵם
Ex 23:2
4;
Inf. abs.
הָרֵס
Ex 23:2
4;
Pt. pl. sf.
מְהָֽרְסַיִךְ
Is 49:1
7;—
over-throw, tear down
הָרֵס תְּהָֽרְסֵם
Ex 23:24
thou shalt utterly tear them down
(JE;
obj. =
idols
cf.
D
i);
pt.
destroyers
, of Zion
Is 49:17
(
||
מַחֲרִיבַיִךְ
).
•
הֶ˜רֶס
S
2041
TWOT
513a, 516a
GK
2239
n.
[
m.
]
overthrow, destruction
, only
Is 19:18
one shall be called
עִיר הַהֶרֶס
city of destruction
, i.e. (as usually explained) with punning allusion to On-Heliopolis: it shall be called no longer
עִיר הַחֶרֶס
city of the sun
, but
עיר ההרס
city of destruction
, city whose temples, etc., of the sun have been destroyed; but perh.
<
Ö
πόλις ασεδεκ
=
עִיר הַצֶּדֶק
city of righteousness
, so
Gei
Urschrift
79
Brd Di
(change intentional?
cf.
id.
); on other views
v.
id.
&
De Ch
e.
indef. indefinite. Jerus. Jerusalem. < indicates that the following is to be preferred to the preceding. Gei A. Geiger, Urschrift u.Übersetzungen der Bibel;
Brd C. Brendenkamp.