חָרַם

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H2763

Transliteration: châram

Pronunciation: khaw-ram'

Definition: make accursed

Original: חרם

Transliteration: châram

Phonetic: khaw-ram'

BDB Definition:

to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate
1. (Hiphil)
  1. to prohibit (for common use), ban
  2. to consecrate, devote, dedicate for destruction
  3. to exterminate, completely destroy
2. (Hophal)
  1. to be put under the ban, be devoted to destruction
  2. to be devoted, be forfeited
  3. to be completely destroyed
to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body)
1. (Qal) to mutilate
2. (Hiphil) to divide

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 744,745