ܚܪܒܐ

Inherited from Aramaic חַרְבׇּא (ḥarbā), from Proto-Semitic *ḥarb-; compare Arabic حَرْب (ḥarb, “war”), حَرْبَة (ḥarba, “javelin, spearhead”), Akkadian 𒄑𒀳𒌆𒆥 (ḫarbum), Old Armenian խարբ (xarb) and Old Georgian მეხარბე (mexarbe).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈxar.bɑː]

ܚܲܪܒܵܐ • (ḥarbā) m (plural ܚܲܪ̈ܒܹܐ (ḥarbē))

1. sword, dagger, blade

   Synonyms: ܣܲܝܦܵܐ (saypā), ܣܲܦ̮ܣܹܝܪܵܐ (safsērā)

2. spearpoint; gunpoint
3. ploughshare/plowshare, plough/plow

   Synonym: ܦܕ݂ܵܢܵܐ (pḏānā)

4. killing, slaughter; war

   Synonyms: ܩܸܛܠܵܐ (qiṭlā), ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ (qrāḇā), ܕܲܪܵܐ (darrā)

5. ravaging, devastating, destroying, ruining
6. devastation, destruction; desolation, emptiness

ܚܲܪܒܵܐ • (ḥarbā) f

1. (astronomy) name of a comet

Characteristic adjective of ܚܵܪܹܒ݂ (ḥārēḇ); compare also in Classical Syriac ܚܪܒܐ (ḥarbā).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xarrɑːwɑː]

ܚܲܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ • (ḥarrāḇā) (feminine ܚܲܪܵܒ݂ܬܵܐ (ḥarrāḇtā), plural ܚܲܪ̈ܵܒ݂ܹܐ (ḥarrāḇē))

1. desolate, deserted, barren
2. desert, dry, arid, waterless
3. (figuratively) forlorn, destitute, wanting; empty, vain; foolish

From the root ܚ ܪ ܒ related to ruining, from Proto-Semitic *ḥarb-.

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈħar.bɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈxar.bɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈħɑr.bo]

pltr=ḥarbē
ftr=ḥarbəṯā

ܚܪܒܐ • (ḥarbā) m (plural ܚܪܒܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܚܪܒܬܐ)

1. desolate, deserted, barren
   • Peshitta, Matthew 23:38:

     ܗܐ ܡܫܬܒܩ ܠܟܘܢ ܒܝܬܟܘܢ ܚܪܒܐ.

     hā meštəḇeq ləḵōn baytəḵōn ḥarbā.

     Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.

2. desert, dry, arid, waterless
3. (figuratively) forlorn, destitute, wanting; empty, vain; foolish
4. rotten

ܚܪܒܐ • (ḥarbā) c (plural ܚܪܒܐ (ḥarbē))

1. sword, dagger, blade
   • Peshitta, Matthew 10:34:

     ܠܐ ܬܣܒܪܘܢ ܕܐܬܝܬ ܕܐܪܡܐ ܫܝܢܐ ܒܐܪܥܐ. ܠܐ ܐܬܝܬ ܕܐܪܡܐ ܫܝܢܐ. ܐܠܐ ܚܪܒܐ.

     lā ṯesbərūn də-ʾĕṯêṯ də-ʾarmē šaynā ḇə-ʾarʿā: lā ʾĕṯêṯ də-ʾarmē šaynā, ʾellā ḥarbā.

     Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

   Synonyms: ܣܝܦܐ (saypā), ܣܦܣܝܪܐ (sap̄sêrā)

2. spearpoint
3. ploughshare/plowshare, plough/plow
   • Peshitta, Luke 9:62:

     ܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܝܫܘܥ. ܠܐ ܐܢܫ ܪܡܐ ܐܝܕܗ ܥܠ ܚܪܒܐ ܕܦܕܢܐ. ܘܚܐܪ ܠܒܣܬܪܗ ܘܚܫܚ ܠܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ.

     ʾāmar lēh yəšūʿ, lā [ʾ]nāš rāmē ʾīḏēh ʿal ḥarbā ḏə-p̄addānā, wə-ḥāʾar lə-ḇestərēh wə-ḥāšaḥ lə-malkūṯēh də-ʾălāhā.

     And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

4. killing, slaughter

   Synonym: ܩܛܠܐ (qeṭlā)

5. war

   Synonyms: ܩܪܒܐ (qərāḇā), ܕܪܐ (darrā)

6. defeat, loss
7. ravaging, devastating, destroying, ruining
8. devastation, destruction
9. desolation, emptiness
10. avenging, vengeance

• → Old Armenian: խարբ (xarb)
• →⇒ Old Georgian: მეხარბე (mexarbe)

ܚܪܒܐ • (ḥarbā) m

1. (astronomy) name of a comet

• “ḥrb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 27 September 2011
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 115b–116a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 155b–156a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, pages 486a–b