H2764. cherem

I. חֵ֫רֶם‎ noun masculine^{Leviticus 27:28}

1 devoted thing.

2 devotion, ban; — ׳ח‎ absolute Joshua 6:17 24t. (most read חֶרֶם‎ Zechariah 14:11, Baer חֵרֶם‎); חֶ֑רֶם‎ Joshua 7:1; suffix חֶרְמִי‎ 1 Kings 20:42; Isaiah 34:5; — thing devoted to ׳י‎:

1 thing hostile to theocracy, and therefore (in the strictest application) to be either destroyed, or, in the case of certain objects (e.g. silver and gold, vessels of brass and iron Joshua 6:19, 24), set apart to sacred uses; especially

a. of a Canaan. city, as Jericho, including all inhabitants (except Rahab's family) and spoil Joshua 6:17-18, (twice in verse); 7:1, 11, 15; Achan by taking מִןהַֿחֵרֶם‎ made (camp of) Israel ׳ח‎ 7:12; compare 6:18, and became himself ׳ח‎, and was stoned and, with his family and possessions, including the spoil, was burnt 7:1, 11, 12, 13 (twice in verse) (all J E except 7:1 P; compare 7:15; 7:24; 7:25); בַּח מַעַל ׳מָעַל‎ committed unfaithfulness in the matter of the devoted thing is term for the sin 7:1; 22:20 (both P), compare בַּח ׳מָעַל‎ 1 Chronicles 2:7; Saul and Israel spared Agag king of Amalek and הַח ׳רֵאשִׁית‎ i.e. of the spoil (sheep and oxen), which should have been utterly destroyed 1 Samuel 15:21 (compare 15:3; 15:8; Saul rejected by ׳י‎ for this 15:11; 15:26); so an idolatrous city in Israel should become ׳ח‎, with all its contents, and be utterly destroyed Deuteronomy 13:17 (compare 13:13; 13:15; 13:16).

b. of individuals, one having relic of Canaanit. god in his house should become ׳ח‎, the relic being ׳ח‎ Deuteronomy 7:26 (twice in verse); every human being who became ׳ח‎ should be killed Leviticus 27:29 (twice in verse) (P; see Di).

2 apparently (so Di) anything devoted to sanctuary under specially stringent conditions Leviticus 27:28 (see Di; and compare Ezra 10:8); a field consecrated to ׳י‎ becomes under certain conditions הַח ׳כִּשְׂדֵה‎ Leviticus 27:21; every ׳ח‎ is ליהוה קָֽדָשִׁים קֹדֶשׁ‎ 27:28, and no ׳ח‎ that a manmay devote, whether man, beast or field, may be sold or redeemed 27:28; every such ׳ח‎ (as in case of metals and metal objects Joshua 6:17, 19) went to Aaron and his sons Numbers 18:14 (P), to Zadokite priests Ezekiel 44:29.

3 devotion, ban, involving destruction; חֶרְמִי אִישׁ‎ 1 Kings 20:42 man under my (׳י‎'s) ban (of Benhadad); חֶרְמִי עַם‎ Isaiah 34:5 (of Edom); לַח ׳נתן‎ 43:28 figurative of ׳י‎s giving over Judah to Chaldaea; ׳ח‎ not to be in future Zechariah 14:11; ח אֶתהָֿאָרֶץ וְהִכֵּיתִי ׳מֶּןאָֿבוֺא‎ Malachi 3:24 smite the land with a ban, i.e. utterly destroy it.

II. חֵ֫רֶם‎ noun masculine net (as something perforated; compare Arabic perforated work, Fl in NHWB^{ii, 208}; Late Hebrew חֵרֶם‎ net; Phoenician חרם‎ maker of nets) — absolute ׳ח‎ Micah 7:2; suffix חֶרְמִי‎ Ezekiel 32:3, חֶרְמוֺ‎ Habakkuk 1:15-16, 17; plural חֲרָמִים‎ Ecclesiastes 7:26; Ezekiel 26:5, 14; 47:10; — hunter's net Micah 7:2; Ecclesiastes 7:26; fisherman's net Ezekiel 26:5, 14; 32:3; 47:10; Habakkuk 1:15-16, 17.