Asia
Je 25:9
; the tongue of the Egyptian sea (by drying it up)
Is 11:15
(but read perhaps
החריב
with
Ö ã É å
).
d.
so also of
devoting
even Israelites: a city of Isr. for worshipping other gods
Dt 13:16
; residents of Jabesh-Gilead for not joining in campaign against Benj.
Ju 21:11
.
2.
devote to
י׳
: for sacred uses
החרים ליהוה
the spoil of the nations
Mi 4:13
; private possessions, whether a man, animal, or field
Lv 27:28
(
P
).
Hoph.
Impf.
יָחֳרַם
Lv 27:29 Ezr 10:
8;
יָחֳרָ˜ם
Ex 22:1
9;—
1.
be put under the ban, devoted
(to death), for worshipping other gods than
י׳
Ex 22:19
(JE; earliest use of word in
OT
); for some other theocratic offence
Lv 27:29
(
P
;
v. D
i).
2.
devoted
, i.e.
forfeited
, to the temple treasures
Ezr 10:8
.—On
חרם
v.
especially
Di
(
Kn
)
Lv 27:28
;
Ew
Antiq.
75.78
,
Dr
1 S 15:3
3.
• I . חֵ˜רֶם S 2764 TWOT 744a GK 3051, 3052 n.m. Lv 27:28 1. devoted thing . 2. devotion, ban ;— ח׳ abs. Jos 6:17 + 24 times (most read חַרֶם Zc 14:1 1, Baer
חֵרֶם
);
חֶ˜רֶם
Jos 7:
1;
sf.
חֶרְמִי
1 K 20:42 Is 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
Jos 6:19
,
24
), set apart to sacred uses; especially
a.
of a Canaan. city, as Jericho, incl. all inhab. (except Rahab’s family) and spoil
Jos 6:17
,
18
(×2);
7:1
,
11
,
15
; Achan by taking
מִן־הַחֵרֶם
made (camp of) Isr.
ח׳
7:12
cf.
6:1
8, and became himself
ח׳
, and was stoned and, with his family and possessions, incl. the spoil, was burnt
7:1
,
11
,
12
,
13
(×2) (all JE except
7:1
P;
cf.
v
1
5,
24
,
25
);
מָעַל מַעַל בַּח׳
committed unfaithfulness in the
matter of the
devoted thing
is term for the sin
Jos 7:1 22:20
(both
P
),
cf.
מָעַל בַּח׳
1 Ch 2:
7; Saul and Isr. spared Agag king of Amalek and
רֵאשִׁית הַח׳
i.e. of the spoil (sheep and oxen), wh. should have been utterly destroyed
1 S 15:21
(
cf.
v
3,
8
; Saul rejected by
י׳
for this
v
1
1,
26
); so an idolatr. city in Isr. should become
ח׳
, with all its contents, and be utterly destroyed
Dt 13:17
(
cf.
v
1
3,
15
,
16
).
b.
of individuals, one having relic of Canaanit. god in his house should become
ח׳
, the relic being
ח׳
Dt 7:26
(×2); every human being who became
ח׳
should be killed
Lv 27:29
(×2) (
P
;
v. D
i).
2.
appar. (so
Di
) anything
devoted
to sanctuary under specially stringent conditions
Lv 27:28
(
v. D
i; and
cf.
Ezr 10:
8); a field consecrated to
י׳
becomes under certain conditions
כִּשְׂדֵה הַח׳
Lv 27:2
1; every
ח׳
is
קֹדֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים ליהוה
v
2
8, and no
ח׳
that a man may devote, whether man, beast or field, may be sold or redeemed
v
2
8; every such
ח׳
(as in case of metals and metal objects
Jos 6:17
,
OT Old Testament. Kn A. Knobel. Ew H. Ewals, Antiquities