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title: חָרַף — reproach · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַף (2778), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 39 times: reproach. BDB 1906: vb. reproach. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָרַף

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«חָרַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reproach** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 39 times · **Key:** 2778 · **BDB:** חָרַף

### Glosses

taunt (5); they (5); he.taunted (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reproach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2778/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. reproach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2778/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. reproach (NH Pi. id.; Aramaic חֲרַף id., ܚܰܪܶܦ sharpen, ܚܰܪܺܝܦ sharp, keen, acute);— Impf. לֹא־יֶחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָ֑י Jb 27:6; Pt. sf. חֹרְפִי ψ 119:42 Pr 27:11; חוֹרְפֶיךָ ψ 69:10. Pf. חֵרֵף Ju 5:18 + 6 times; חֵרַפְתָּ Is 37:23 + 4 times etc. + 10 times pf.; Impf. יְחָרֵף 2 S 21:21 1 Ch 20:7; וְחָ֫רֶף ψ 74:10 + 2 times sf.; Inf. לְחָרֵף Is 37:4 + 5 times; בְּחָֽרְפָם 2 S 23:9 (but v. infr.); Pt. מְחָרֵף ψ 44:17;—reproach,—proposes say sharp things against,—taunt, c. acc. Ju 8:15 1 S 17:10, 25, 26, 36, 45 2 S 21:21 + 1 Ch 20:7; God, by injustice to the poor Pr 14:31; 17:5; Yahweh, by idolatry Is 65:7; Yahweh as the God of Israel 2 K 19:4, 16, 22, 23 = Is 37:4, 17, 23, 24 = 2 Ch 32:17 (c. לְ); c. בְּ, Philistines 2 S 23:9 MT (but read בְּפַס דַּמִּים at Pas-dammîm, n.pr.loc., as 1 Ch 11:13 We Dr); reproach, Ne 6:13 ψ 42:11; 44:17; 55:13; 57:4; 74:10, 18; 79:12; 89:52(×2); 102:9 Zp 2:8, 10; poet. and fig., despise, scorn, ח׳ נפשׁ למוּת Ju 5:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 38 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָרַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2778/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 44:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.17/)

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מִ֭קּוֹל מְחָרֵ֣ף וּמְגַדֵּ֑ף מִפְּנֵ֥י א֝וֹיֵ֗ב וּמִתְנַקֵּֽם׃

*Word for word:* from the.sound of.\[one.who\].taunts and \[one.who\].reviles because of an.enemy and an.avenger

*JPS 1917:* For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

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[Psalms 89:52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.52/)

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אֲשֶׁ֤ר חֵרְפ֖וּ אוֹיְבֶ֥יךָ ׀ יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חֵ֝רְפ֗וּ עִקְּב֥וֹת מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* which they.have.reproached enemies your O.Yahweh which they.have.reproached the.footprints of your.anointed

*JPS 1917:* Wherewith Thine enemies have taunted, O LORD, wherewith they have taunted the footsteps of Thine anointed.

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