חֹרֶב (ḥōreb) is a Hebrew noun meaning dryness. It appears 16 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2721).

Also rendered

• desolation
• drought

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 731b)

Root family 731: חָרֵב ḥārēb — I, dry up; be in ruins; lay waste; make desolate

• חׇרְבָּה ḥorbâ — waste
• חֹרֵב ḥōrēb — Horeb
• חָֽרָבָה ḥārābâ — dry ground
• חָרֵב ḥārēb — dry
• חֵרָבוֹן ḥērābôn — drought

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