חֵרֵף
Meanings
Pi'el verb
1. to scorn, despise
2. to put to shame, humiliate (make object of contempt or disdain)
Pronunciation
kheréf
Examples2
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.
מִקוֹל מְחָרֵף וּמְגַדֵּף מִפְּנֵי־ אוֹיֵב וּמִתְנַקֵּם׃
For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.