Lexical Definition

‎חֶרְפָּה‎ cherpâh (kher-paw') reproach ^H:N-F
from ‎חָרַף‎

rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.

• contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

1) reproach, scorn
1a) taunt, scorn (upon enemy)
1b) reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace)
1c) a reproach (an object)

See Greek: αἰσχύνη · διασπορά · ὀνειδισμός · ὄνειδος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶרְפָּה‎ noun feminine reproach — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 34:14 + 35 t.; construct ‎חֶרְפַּת‎ Josh 5:9 + 15 t.; suffix ‎חֶרְפָּֽתְךָ‎ Ps 74:22 etc. + 17 t. suffixes; plural ‎חֲרָפוֺת‎ Ps 69:11*; Dan 12:2 construct ‎חֶרְפּוֺת‎ Ps 69:10*. —

1. taunt of enemy 1Sam 17:26 so also 1Sam 25:39 reproach cast upon another, scorn, contumely Neh 3:36*; Neh 5:9; Ps 69:20*; Ps 69:21*; Ps 71:13; Ps 89:51*; Ps 119:22; Prov 18:3; Isa 51:7; Ezek 21:33* ‎׳‎‎שׁמע ח‎ Jer 51:51; Zeph 2:8; Lam 3:61 ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן ח‎ Jer 23:40 ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎נשׂא ח‎ Ps 15:3 (slander); ‎׳‎‎נשׂא ח‎ Jer 31:19; Ezek 36:15; Mic 6:16 (reproach); ‎נשׂא‎ ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ bear reproach for Ps 69:8*; Jer 15:15; Zeph 3:18 ‎׳‎‎השׁיב ח‎ Hos 12:15*; Neh 3:36* ‎׳‎‎חרף ח‎ Ps 69:10*; Ps 79:12; Ps 89:51* ‎מעל‎ ‎׳‎‎הסיר ח‎ 1Sam 17:26; Isa 25:8 ‎׳‎‎העביר ח‎ Ps 119:39 reproaches against God Ps 69:10* (‎חֶרְפּוֺת חוֺרְפֶיךָ‎), Ps 74:22; Ps 79:12.

2. reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace:
a. sexual 2Sam 13:13; Isa 47:3; Ezek 16:57; Prov 6:33.
b. barrenness of womb Gen 30:23 (E) Isa 4:1 widowhood Isa 54:4.
c. hunger Ezek 36:30 disease Job 19:5.
d. ritual, uncircumcision Gen 34:14 (P) Josh 5:9 (JE).
e. injuries from enemies Lam 3:30; Lam 5:1; Neh 1:3; Neh 2:7; Job 16:10; Dan 11:18 (twice in verse).

3. a reproach, the object of reproach, the person of thing reproached ‎חֶרְפַּת אָדָם‎ a reproach of man Ps 22:7* ‎נבל‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 39:9* ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎היה ח‎ become an object of reproach to Ps 31:12*; Ps 79:4; Ps 89:42*; Ps 109:25; Ezek 5:15 ‎ׅ‎‎׳‎‎(היה) לח (ל‎ Isa 30:5; Jer 6:10; Jer 20:8; Jer 42:18; Jer 44:8; Jer 44:12; Jer 49:13; Ps 69:11*; Dan 9:16; Dan 12:2 ‎ׅ‎‎׳‎‎(ל‎ ‎׳‎‎נתן ח‎ Ezek 22:4; Joel 2:19; Ps 78:66 ‎׳‎‎נתן לח‎ Jer 24:9; Jer 29:18; Ezek 5:14; Josh 2:17 ‎׳‎‎ל‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂים ח‎ Ps 44:14* ‎על‎ ‎׳‎‎שׂים ח‎ 1Sam 11:2.

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