חָרֵב (ḥārēb) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning dry. It appears
8 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2720).
Also rendered
waste
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 731a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 731a)dry; waste, desolate; parched, ruined
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָרֵבadjective: dry
חָרֵבadjective: waste, desolate
Strong's H2720חָרֵב: parched or ruined KJV:desolate, dry, waste.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 731: חָרֵבḥārēb — be waste, desolate; lay waste, make desolate; be dry, dried up; drying up; parch, destroy, kill; decay, destroyer, slay