חֵרֶם / חָרַם
Physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object ; abstractly extermination · to seclude ; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
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חֵרֶם H2764 physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object ; abstractly extermination
חָרַם H2763 to seclude ; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
What does חֵרֶם / חָרַם (cherem / charam) mean in the Bible?
חֵרֶם · חָרַם is a Hebrew word meaning "Devoted thing / to devote to destruction — the holy war consecration that cannot be revoked".
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