פירוש על מלכים א 20:42

The man whom I condemned. איש חרמי means “the man of My war,” an expression of strife. An expression of strife [חרם] can be applied to war, and similarly, “on Edom it will descend and on the nation with whom I war [חרמי].²⁶Yeshayahu 34:5. The Midrash Aggadah [states], “Many traps and nets [חרמים] have I spread for you until he fell into your hand.”²⁷Alternatively, איש חרמי means “the man whom I condemned.”—Radak