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Meaning of חירף | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/χeˈʁef/

הגדרות

  1. to scorn, despise
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  2. to put to shame, humiliate (make object of contempt or disdain)
    construction-pi'el

דוגמאות

“זְבֻלוּן עַם חֵרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ לָמוּת וְנַפְתָּלִי עַל מְרוֹמֵי שָׂדֶה׃”

Zebulun is a people [that] has despised their life [considered it as little worth] to die; just as Naphtali on the heights of the fields.

“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?!"

רמת CEFR

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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