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title: חֹרֶף — harvest-time · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹרֶף (2779), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: harvest-time. BDB 1906: n.m. harvest-time, autumn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹרֶף

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«חֹרֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **harvest-time** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2779 · **BDB:** חֹ֫רֶף

### Glosses

winter (4); the.winter (2); my.prime (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

harvest-time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2779/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. harvest-time, autumn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2779/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. harvest-time, autumn (Arabic خَرِيفٌ freshly gathered fruit, autumn (also rain of autumn or beginning of winter) = Sab. חֿרפ(ן) DHMZMG 1875, xxix. 597; Sab. חֿרף, חֿרפם = year, cf. Ethiopic ኀሪፍ annus currens Os(Levy)ZMG 1865, 168, 174 DHMZMG 1883, 369; Assyrian ḫarpu, SchrJPTh 1875, 341 KAT2 53 n. = COT i. 54 n.)—abs. ח׳ Zc 14:8 + 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 (+ בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִי in the 9th month, i.e. Nov.–Dec.); מח׳ עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרֹשׁ Pr 20:4 a sluggard ploughs not after harvest; as implying maturity, בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי Jb 29:4 in the days of my autumn (prime).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹרֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2779/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 74:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.74.17/)

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אַתָּ֣ה הִ֭צַּבְתָּ כָּל־גְּבוּל֣וֹת אָ֑רֶץ קַ֥יִץ וָ֝חֹ֗רֶף אַתָּ֥ה יְצַרְתָּם׃

*Word for word:* you you.established all \[the\].borders of.\[the\].earth summer and winter you you formed.them

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast set all the borders of the earth; Thou hast made summer and winter.

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[Proverbs 20:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.4/)

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מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ וְשָׁאַ֖ל בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* from winter a.sluggard not he.plows and he.asks at the harvest and there.\[is\].not

*JPS 1917:* The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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