Strong's Definition
demolition
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
הֶ֫רֶס (he.res) — (City of) Destruction. 1) overthrow, destruction 2) (CLBL) city of destruction in Egypt, probably On-Heliopolis Combined with on (אֹן "On" H0204)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · הרס
Impact
destruction, (in) ruins, ruined = state in which something is in extreme disrepair ◄ caused by either neglect or destruction
1 ISA 19:18 This expression probably is a pun on the name of the Egyptian town of Heliopolis, which, translated into Hebrew, would be עִיר הַחֶרֶס | MT NIV "City of Destruction" | LXX Πόλισ-ασεδεκ | NJPS "Town of Heres" | 1QIsa Vul σ´ HOTTP-B RSV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV "City of the Sun"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
הֶ֫רֶס n.[m.] overthrow, destruction, only Is 19:18 ref