חוֹרְבָּן, (v. preced.) destruction, desolate condition. Ḥag. 5ᵇ חָרְבַּן בה"מ the destruction of the Temple. M. Kat. 26ᵃ בחוֹרְבָּנָן in their ruined state. Y. Kil. IV end, 29ᶜ בחוֹרְבָּנוֹ in its (the vineyard’s) waste state, opp. מַטָּעָה. Ab. Zar. 9ᵇ לח׳ הבית from the destruction of the Second Temple. Yoma 39ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. חוֹרְבָּנוֹת, חָרְ׳. Gen. R. s. 56; Yalk. Gen. 102 שהיתה … בשני ח׳ for she (Palmyra) took a part in both destructions of the Temple; Lam. R. to II, 2 בשתי ח׳ (fem.).