1. ruined, desolate, waste — In a state of ruin, desolation, or destruction, describing cities, lands, or places that have been laid waste and are uninhabited. Used in prophetic contexts (Ezek 36:35-36, Neh 2:3, 2:17) to characterize sites awaiting restoration. Consistently rendered: Spanish 'arruinado/desolado,' Arabic خرب/خراب (kharib/kharab), Korean 황폐한 (hwangpyehan), Hindi उजाड़/खंडहर (ujar/khandahar), Swahili 'magofu/ukiwa.' The three clusters differ only in gender (masculine vs. feminine) and article presence (definite vs. indefinite) — all expressing the identical adjectival meaning of 'ruined' or 'desolate.' 6×
AR["الْخَرِبِ","خَرَابٌ","خَرِبٌ","ٱلْخَرِبَةُ"]·ben["-ধ্বংসপ্রাপ্ত","ধ্বংস","ধ্বংসস্তূপ"]·DE["Schwert","[החרב]","[החרבות]"]·EN["desolate","ruined","the-desolate","the-ruined"]·FR["le-ruines","l’épée","sécheresse","épée"]·heb["ה-חורבות","ה-חרב","ה-חרבות","חרב"]·HI["उजाड़","उजाड़-है","उजाड़े","उजाड़।","खंडहर"]·ID["hancur","terbengkalai","yang-hancur"]·IT["[החרבות]","la-spada","spada"]·jav["ingkang-risak","reruntuhan","risak","sepi"]·KO["그-황폐한","황폐한"]·PT["arruinada","as-arruinadas","desolado","o-desolado"]·RU["Пусто","пустом","разрушен","разрушенные"]·ES["desolada","desolada?","desolado","el-desolado","las-arruinadas"]·SW["iliyoharibiwa","magofu","ni-magofu","palipoachwa-ukiwa","ukiwa"]·TR["harabe","harabe?","harap","harap-o"]·urd["ویران","کھنڈر"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. חָרֵב adj. waste, desolate;—ms. abs. ח׳ Je 33:10 + 5 times; fs. חֲרֵבָה Ne 2:3 + 2 times; fpl. הֶחֳרֵבוֹת Ez 36:35, 38 (v. Köi. 241);—of a city, defined מֵאֵין אָדָם וּמֵאֵין בְּהֵמָה Je 33:10, cf. v 12; also Ne 2:3, 17; הֶעָרִים הֶחֳרֵבוֹת Ez 36:35 (+ הַנְשַׁמּוֹת, הַנֶּהֱרָסוֹת; opp. בְּצוּרוֹת יָשָׁ֑בוּ), Hg 1:4, 9 (בַּיִת).