cha.rev denotes becoming dry or causing waters, land, or objects to lose their moisture.

The attested usage chiefly concerns waters and waterways becoming dry or being made dry, including seas, rivers, fountains, and the ground after the waters recede. A rarer use describes cords as not having been dried.

1. Waters or ground becoming dry, or being made dry · dominant

   Qal forms describe waters, rivers, or the ground becoming dry: in Genesis 8:13 the APB renders the waters as “dried up from the earth,” and in Isaiah 19:5 the sea and river are said to dry up. Hiphil forms place the action with a speaker or subject who dries up waters, as in Isaiah 50:2, where the APB renders the rebuke of the sea and the making of rivers into wilderness.

   Genesis 8:13Isaiah 19:5Isaiah 19:6Isaiah 50:2Jeremiah 51:36Psalm 106:9
2. Cords left undried · rare

   In Judges 16:7 and Judges 16:8, the Pual perfect plural form occurs in the description of fresh cords that had “not been dried” in the APB. The clause concerns the condition of the cords rather than a sea, river, or ground.

   Judges 16:7Judges 16:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “dry up,” “dried up,” or “dry” for waters and land, while Judges 16:7 and Judges 16:8 use “not been dried” for cords. These are verse-level renderings, definitions.