Lexical Definition

‎חֹרֶף‎ chôreph (kho'-ref) autumn ^H:N-M
from ‎חָרַף‎

cold, winter (-house), youth.

• properly, the crop gathered, i.e. (by implication) the autumn (and winter) season
• figuratively, ripeness of age

1) harvest time, autumn
2) (CLBL) winter

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֹ֫רֶף‎ noun masculine harvest-time, autumn (Arabic freshly gathered fruit, autumn (also rain of autumn or beginning of winter) = Sabean ‎חֿרפ (ןׅ‎ DHM^{ZMG 1875, xxix. 597}; Sabean ‎חֿרף‎, ‎חֿרפם‎ = year, compare Ethiopic annus currens Os (Levy)^{ZMG 1865, 168, 174} DHM^{ZMG 1883, 369}; Assyrian —arpu, Schr^{JPTh 1875, 341} KAT ^{2 53 n.} = COT^{i. 54 n}.) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Zech 14:8 + 5 t.; suffix ‎חָרְפִּי‎ Job 29:4 — ‎קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף‎ Gen 8:22 (J), Ps 74:17; Zech 14:8 ‎׳‎‎בֵּית הַח‎ autumn-house or palace Amos 3:15; Jer 36:22 (+ ‎בַּחֹדֶשׁ‎ ‎הַתְּשִׁיעִי‎ in the 9th month, i.e. Nov-Dec.); ‎׳‎‎מח‎ ‎עָצֵל לֹא יַחֲרשׁ‎ Prov 20:4 a sluggard ploughs not after harvest; as implying maturity, ‎בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי‎ Job 29:4 in the days of my autumn (prime).

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