וַ/יַּחֲרֵ֥ם
𐤅/𐤉𐤇𐤓𐤌
vayacharem
and he utterly destroyed
a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose; make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
H2763
Numbers 21:3 · Word #8
Lexicon H2763
| Lemma | חָרַם |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤓𐤌 |
| Transliteration | châram |
| Strong's | H2763 |
| In-context | and he utterly destroyed |
Morphology HC/Vhw3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | h — Hiphil — Causative active |
| Conjugation | w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
SIBI-P1 H2763-09
and he put-under-the-ban
| Root | חרם (ḥ-r-m) |
| Core Meanings | ban, devote, set apart, seclude, devote to destruction |
| Semantic Range | to devote to destruction, to place under a ban, to consecrate for sacred use by destruction, to exterminate as an act of sacred judgment, to forfeit irrevocably |
| Conceptual Significance | חרם expresses the concept of irrevocable dedication to YHWH, often through total destruction in warfare. It reflects the theology of divine ownership and judgment, where what is "put under the ban" is removed from ordinary human use and given over wholly to God, whether by destruction or sacred consecration. |
| Morphological Notes | Conjunction וַ (waw consecutive) + Hiphil wayyiqtol imperfect 3ms of חרם; causative stem expressing that the subject causes something to be devoted or banned. |
| Rendering Rationale | The root חרם denotes setting something apart as banned or devoted, often for total destruction as an offering to YHWH. The form וַיַּחֲרֵם is Hiphil wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular, indicating causative action in past narrative sequence, hence "and he put-under-the-ban," preserving both the causative stem and masculine singular subject. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root חרם (ban, devote, set apart, seclude, devote to destruction)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H2764-01 |
bacherem | in the ban-devoted thing |
H2764-02 |
charamim | ban-devoted things |
H2767-01 |
charemah | Devoted-to-Destruction |
H2766-01 |
charim | Devoted-One |
|
charumaf | Devoted-Nose |
H2764-03 |
cherem | a ban-devoted thing |
H2770-01 |
cheremesh | a ban-cutting sickle |
H2764-04 |
cheremi | my devoted-to-destruction thing |
H2768-01 |
cheremon | Devoted-Mount |
H2763-01 |
hacharem | Devote-to-the-ban! |
H2763-02 |
hacharimam | he devoted them to the ban |
H2764-05 |
hacherem | the devoted-to-destruction thing |
H2763-03 |
hecherim | he put-under-the-ban |
H2763-04 |
hecherimam | he put them under the ban |
H2763-05 |
hecherimu | they put under the ban of destruction |
H2766-02 |
lecharim | to Ḥarim (the Devoted-one) |
H2764-06 |
lecherem | to a devoted-to-destruction thing |
H2763-06 |
lehacharimam | to devote them to the ban |
H2763-07 |
tacharimu | you (masculine plural) shall put under the ban |
H2763-08 |
vanacharem | and we devoted (them) to the ban |
H2763-10 |
vayacharimu | and they devoted (them) to the ban |
H2767-02 |
vecharemah | and Devoted-to-Destruction |
H2768-02 |
vecheremon | and Ḥermon (Devoted-Mount) |
H2763-11 |
vehacharameti | and I will put under the ban |
|
vehecherim | and he caused to be put under the ban |
H2763-12 |
yachoram | he will devote to the ban |
Word Usage (52 occurrences of H2763)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus 22:19 | יָֽחֳרָ֑ם | yachoram | shall be destroyed |
| Leviticus 21:18 | חָרֻ֖ם | charum | disfigured |
| Leviticus 27:28 | יַחֲרִם֩ | yacharim | a man devotes |