חרבן

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חרבן

/χiʁˈben/ [ʀ̥iʁ̞ˈbe̞n] Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Back-formation from חֶרְבּוֹן (kherbón, “failure, disaster”), which is a phono-semantic matching of Arabic خَرْبَان (ḵarbān, “broken, damaged, spoiled”), and a doublet of חֻרְבָּן /חורבן (khurbán, “destruction, ruin”) and חֲרָבוֹן (kharavón, “drought, heat”).

verb חִרְבֵּן · khirbén · חורבן · חֻרְבַּן · לְחַרְבֵּן · חִרְבּוּן

colloquial, construction pi'el, transitive to cause failure, to ruin, to spoil, to fuck something up הוּא חִרְבֵּן אֶת כָּל הַתׇּכְנִיּוֹת שֶׁלִּי.
Similar: הָרַס, שִׁבֵּשׁ//שיבש, הֶחֱרִיב
colloquial, construction pi'el, derogatory to shit, to defecate אֲנִי חַיָּב לְחַרְבֵּן.
Similar: עָשָׂה קָקִי, יָצָא, הֶחְרִיא, עָשָׂה צְרָכָיו, שִלשֵל//שילשל, הִפְרִישׁ צוֹאָה
colloquial, construction pi'el, derogatory to not give a shit הוּא מְחַרְבֵּן עָלָיו.
Similar: שָׂם זַיִן, שָׂם פַּס

In English

destruction act of destroying

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {חרבן},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}