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# חֶרְפָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2781

**reproach** — used 73 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

reproach [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2781/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶרְפָּה: n.f. reproach [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2781/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. reproach—ח׳ Gn 34:14 + 35 times; cstr. חֶרְפַּת Jos 5:9 + 15 times; sf. חֶרְפָּֽתְךָ ψ 74:22 etc. + 17 times sfs.; pl. חֲרָפוֹת ψ 69:11 Dn 12:2; cstr. חֶרְפּוֹת ψ 69:10.— taunt of enemy 1 S 17:26; so also 1 S 25:39; reproach cast upon another, scorn, contumely Ne 3:36; 5:9 ψ 69:20, 21; 71:13; 89:51; 119:22 Pr 18:3 Is 51:7 Ez 21:33; שׁמע ח׳ Je 51:51 Zp 2:8 La 3:61; נתן ח׳ על Je 23:40; נשׂא ח׳ על ψ 15:3 (slander); נשׂא ח׳ Je 31:19 Ez 36:15 Mi 6:16 (reproach); נשׂא ח׳ על bear reproach for ψ 69:8 Je 15:15 Zp 3:18; השׁיב ח׳ Ho 12:15 Ne 3:36; חרף ח׳ ψ 69:10; 79:12; 89:51; הסיר ח׳ מעל 1 S 17:26 Is 25:8; העביר ח׳ ψ 119:39; reproaches against God ψ 69:10 (חֶרְפּוֹת חוֹרְפֶיךָ), 74:22; 79:12. reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace: sexual 2 S 13:13 Is 47:3 Ez 16:57 Pr 6:33. barrenness of womb Gn 30:23 (E) Is 4:1; widowhood Is 54:4. hunger Ez 36:30; disease Jb 19:5. ritual, uncircumcision Gn 34:14 (P) Jos 5:9 (JE). injuries from enemies La 3:30; 5:1 Ne 1:3; 2:17 Jb 16:10 Dn 11:18(×2). a reproach, the object of reproach, the person or thing reproached חֶרְפַּת אָדָם a reproach of man ψ 22:7; ח׳ נבל 39:9; היה ח׳ ל׳ become an object of reproach to 31:12; 79:4; 89:42; 109:25 Ez 5:15; (היה) לח (ל׳) Is 30:5 Je 6:10; 20:8; 42:18; 44:8, 12; 49:13 ψ 69:11 Dn 9:16; 12:2; נתן ח׳ (ל׳) Ez 22:4 Jo 2:19 ψ 78:66; נתן לח׳ Je 24:9; 29:18 Ez 5:14 Jo 2:17; שׂים ח׳ ל׳ ψ 44:14; שׂים ח׳ על 1 S 11:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 72 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: reproach (32); a reproach (18); the reproach (8).

## In the verses

[Lamentations 3:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.30/#tree)

יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* let.him.give to \[the one.who\].strikes.him a.cheek let.him.be.sated with reproach

*JPS 1917:* Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.

[Psalms 69:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.8/#tree)

כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ נָשָׂ֣אתִי חֶרְפָּ֑ה כִּסְּתָ֖ה כְלִמָּ֣ה פָנָֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) on you I.have.borne reproach it.has.covered ignominy face my

*JPS 1917:* Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2781.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2781/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).