חירף

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־ר־ף (kh-r-p)
6 terms

Intensive form of חָרַף (kharáf, “to reproach”).

Pronunciation

Verb

חירף / חֵרֵף • (kheréf) (pi'el construction)

  1. to scorn, despise
  2. to put to shame, humiliate (make object of contempt or disdain)
    • Tanach, 1 Samuel 17:26:
      וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹמְדִים עִמּוֹ לֵאמֹר מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂה לָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יַכֶּה אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הַלָּז וְהֵסִיר חֶרְפָּה מֵעַל יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי מִי הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי הֶעָרֵל הַזֶּה כִּי חֵרֵף מַעַרְכוֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים׃
      David said to the people around him, "What will be done to the man who smites this Philistine and removes the disgrace from Israel? Because who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he has put to shame the ranks of the living God?!"

Conjugation

Conjugation of חירף / חֵרֵף (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְחָרֵף
action noun חירוף / חֵרוּף
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first חירפתי / חֵרַפְתִּי חירפנו / חֵרַפְנוּ
second חירפת / חֵרַפְתָּ חירפת / חֵרַפְתְּ חירפתם / חֵרַפְתֶּם חירפתן / חֵרַפְתֶּן
third חירף / חֵרֵף חירפה / חֵרְפָה חירפו / חֵרְפוּ
present מְחָרֵף מְחָרֶפֶת מְחָרְפִים מְחָרְפוֹת
future first אֲחָרֵף נְחָרֵף
second תְּחָרֵף תְּחָרְפִי תְּחָרְפוּ תְּחָרֵפְנָה1
third יְחָרֵף תְּחָרֵף יְחָרְפוּ תְּחָרֵפְנָה1
imperative positive חָרֵף חָרְפִי חָרְפוּ חָרֵפְנָה1
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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