חרם

Hebrew

Noun

חֵרֶם • (ḥērem) m

1. excommunication (act of excommunicating or ejecting), taboo, dedication, consecration
   • Book of Joshua 6, 17:

     והיתה העיר חרם היא וכל־אשר־בה ליהוה רק רחב הזונה תחיה היא וכל־אשר אתה בבית כי החבאתה את־המלאכים אשר שלחנו

     The city and all in it shall be destroyed as a dedication to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in the house shall live, for she hid the scouts we had sent.

References

• H2764 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• מחר
• רחם

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Yiddish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew חֵרֶם.

Noun

חרם • (kheyrem) m

1. excommunication, expulsion from the Jewish community