חורבן

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Hebrew

Root
ח־ר־ב (kh-r-b)

Etymology

Compare with Arabic خَرَاب (ḵarāb).

Noun

חורבן / חֻרְבָּן (khurbánm (plural indefinite חורבנות / חֻרְבָּנוֹת, singular construct חורבן / חֻרְבַּן־, plural construct חורבנות / חֻרְבְּנוֹת־)

  1. destruction
    חורבן בית המקדש
    khurbán beit hamikdásh
    The destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem

Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חורבן / חֻרְבָּן (khurbán).

Noun

חורבן (khurbnm, plural חורבנות (khurbones)

  1. destruction, ruin

Proper noun

חורבן (khurbnm

  1. Holocaust (the mass murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany)