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]

1. 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