חֶרֶב f. (b. h.; cmp. חרף) 1) sword. Ḥull. 3ᵃ, v. חָלָל I. B. Bath. 8ᵇ ח׳ קשה וכ׳ death in war is a greater affliction than natural death. Snh. 116ᵃ מהם הרגו בח׳ some of them they put to death by the sword. Tanḥ. Balak 8; Num. R. s. 20 אא"כ שלף חַרְבּוֹ without drawing his sword. Ib. בח׳ חייהם live on their sword. Taan. III, 5 על הח׳ on the sword, i.e. when armies are passing the country. Ib. 22ᵃ ח׳ של שלום a friendly army passing; a. fr. —2) the sword-shaped handle of a plough. Kel. XXI, 2. Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. I, 7.—Pl. חֲרָבוֹת. Pesik. R. s. 21 ח׳ מכאן וכ׳ (soldiers with) swords here &c.; a. e.
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חֶרֶב f. (b. h.; cmp. חרף ) 1) sword . Ḥull. 3ᵃ , v. חָלָל I . B. Bath. 8ᵇ ח׳ קשה וכ׳ death in war is a greater affliction than natural death. Snh.…
References
- Chullin 3a:1
- Jastrow, חָלָל I 1
- Bava Batra 8b:3
- Bamidbar Rabbah 20:14
- Mishnah Taanit 3:5
- Taanit 22a:17
- Mishnah Kelim 21:2
- Tosefta Keilim Batra 1:7
- Pesikta Rabbati 21:1