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title: חָרַף — remain in harvest time · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָרַף (lemma:חָרַף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: remain in harvest time. BDB 1906: vb.denom. remain in harvest-time. 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: **remain in 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חָרַף · **BDB:** חָרַף²

### Glosses

intended (1); it.will.pass.the.winter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

remain in harvest time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. remain in harvest-time [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. remain in harvest-time (so Arabic خَرَفَ; Eng. to winter)—only Impf. 3 fs. כָּל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָ֑ף Is 18:6 all the beasts of the earth shall spend the harvest-time upon it.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e8_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 18:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.18.6/)

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יֵעָזְב֤וּ יַחְדָּו֙ לְעֵ֣יט הָרִ֔ים וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְקָ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ הָעַ֔יִט וְכָל־בֶּהֱמַ֥ת הָאָ֖רֶץ עָלָ֥יו תֶּחֱרָֽף׃

*Word for word:* they.will.be.abandoned alike to bird\[s\].of.prey of.\[the\].mountains and to the.animal\[s\] of the.earth and it.will.pass.the.summer on it the.bird\[s\] of.prey and every (the).animal of the.earth on it it.will.pass.the.winter

*JPS 1917:* They shall be left together unto the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.

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[Leviticus 19:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.19.20/)

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וְ֠אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִשְׁכַּ֨ב אֶת־אִשָּׁ֜ה שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֗רַע וְהִ֤וא שִׁפְחָה֙ נֶחֱרֶ֣פֶת לְאִ֔ישׁ וְהָפְדֵּה֙ לֹ֣א נִפְדָּ֔תָה א֥וֹ חֻפְשָׁ֖ה לֹ֣א נִתַּן־לָ֑הּ בִּקֹּ֧רֶת תִּהְיֶ֛ה לֹ֥א יוּמְת֖וּ כִּי־לֹ֥א חֻפָּֽשָׁה׃

*Word for word:* and a.man (dm) he.will.lie with a.woman a.laying of.seed and she \[is\].a.female.slave intended for a.man and indeed.(be.released) not she.had.been.released or freedom not it.had.been.given to her compensation it.will.be not they.will.be.put.to.death (dm) not she.had.been.given.freedom

*JPS 1917:* And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, designated for a man, and not at all redeemed, nor was freedom given her; there shall be inquisition; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

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