חֹרֶף

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 Zak 14,8 + 5 t.; suffix חָרְפִּי Job 29,4 — קַיִץ וָחֹרֶף 1 Mos 8,22 (J), Sl 74,17; Zak 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 Ord 20,4 a sluggard ploughs not after harvest; as implying maturity, בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי Job 29,4 in the days of my autumn (prime).