חׇרְבָּה (ḥorbâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning waste. It appears
42 times
in 9 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2723).
Also rendered
desolation
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 731d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 731d)waste, desolation, ruin; drought; decayed place, desolate, destruction
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָרְבָּהnoun, feminine: waste, desolation, ruin
Strong's H2723חׇרְבָּה: properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation KJV:decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
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