חורף

Hebrew

Root
ח־ר־ף (ḥ-r-p)

Alternative forms

חֹרֶף (defective spelling)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic خَرِيف (ḵarīf, “autumn, fall”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχoʁef/

Noun

חורף / חֹרֶף • (khóref) m (plural indefinite חורפים / חֳרָפִים, singular construct חורף / חֹרֶף־, plural construct חורפי / חָרְפֵי־) [pattern: קֹטֶל]

winter

Coordinate terms

(winter): אָבִיב (avív, “spring”), קַיִץ (káyits, “summer”), סְתָו (s'táv, “fall”)

References

H2779 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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