+ 5 times; sf. חָרְפִּי Jb 29: 4;— קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף Gn 8:22 ( J ), ψ 74:17 Zc 14: 8; בֵּית הַח׳ autumn-house or palace Am 3:15 Je 36:22 ( + הַתְּשִׁיעִי בַּחֹדֶשׁ in the 9th month , i.e. Nov.–Dec.); עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרשׁ מח׳ Pr 20:4 a sluggard ploughs not after harvest; as implying maturity, בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי Jb 29:4 in the days of my autumn (prime).

III . [ חָרַף S 2778 TWOT 749, 750, 751 GK 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072 ] vb. denom. remain in harvest-time ( so Arabic خَرَفَ ( ḫarafa ); Eng. to winter ) —only Qal Impf. 3 fs. כָּל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָ˜ף Is 18:6 all the beasts of the earth shall spend the harvest-time upon it .

• חָרֵף S 2780 GK 3073 ( dub. whether from I. or II.) n.pr.m. a chief of the line of Judah 1 Ch 2:51 .

• חָרִף ^, חָרִיף S 2756 GK 3040 n.pr.m. ( ^{cf. Arabic} خَرِيفٌ ^{(ḫarīfun) autumn,}
v. חֹרֶף supr. ) — 1. חָרִף head of a family of returned exiles Ne 7:24 ( Ö Αρειφ , Ö L Ιωρηε ) = יֹורָה ( cf. יוֹרֶה early rain ) Ezr 2:18 ( Ö Ουρα , A Ιωρα ,

Ö L Ωραι ). 2. חָרִיף one of those sealed Ne 10:20 Ö Αρειφ(α) , Ö L Αρηφ .

• חֲרִיפִי S 2741 GK 3042 Q r, הרופי K t, adj. gent. c. art.; שְׁפַטְיָהוּ הַח׳ 1 Ch 12:6 (Baer, v 5 van d. H), Ö Χαρα(ι)φ(ε)ι , A Αρουφι ; perhaps, if Qr right,

connected with חָרִף Ne 7:2 4.

• IV. [

חָרַף S 2778 TWOT 749, 750, 751 GK 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072 ] vb. acquire ( ^{cf. Arabic}

حَرَفَ ( ḥarafa ) turn a thing from its proper way or manner , but also gain, acquire [subsistence] for one’s family ) —only Niph. Pt. f. שִׁפְחָה נֶחֱרֶפֶת לְאִישׁ a maidservant acquired for a man (viz. as his concubine) Lv 19:20 ( H ; cf. NH חֲרוּפָה of woman designated for a man).

• I.

חָרַץ S 2782 TWOT 752 GK 3024, 3076, 3077 vb. cut, sharpen, decide ( ^NH id. , cut in, decide , Aramaic in deriv.; Assyrian ḫarâṣu , dig, decide , ḫariṣu , trench ,

KAT E. Schrader, Keilinschr. u. d. Alte Testament.