חָרְפִּ֑/י
𐤇𐤓𐤐/𐤉
chôreph
my youth
The autumn or early winter season; the period following harvest, marking the onset of the cold time of year in the Levant. Secondarily, by extension, may refer to the weather of winter or to 'autumn time' in general. In rare figurative contexts, denotes the arrival of maturity or ripeness (of age), or the coldness associated with the winter period.
Job 29:4 · Word #4
Lexicon H2779
| Lemma | חֹרֶף |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤓𐤐 |
| Transliteration | chôreph |
| Strong's | H2779 |
| Definition | The autumn or early winter season; the period following harvest, marking the onset of the cold time of year in the Levant. Secondarily, by extension, may refer to the weather of winter or to 'autumn time' in general. In rare figurative contexts, denotes the arrival of maturity or ripeness (of age), or the coldness associated with the winter period. |
Morphology HNcmsc/Sp1cs
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word |
Common Translation
| Phrase | my youth |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2779-01
my harvest-season
| Morphological Notes | Masculine singular noun in construct with 1st person common singular suffix. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun חֹרֶף denotes the autumn/early winter period originally associated with gathering or plucking crops. Rendering it as "harvest-season" preserves the root sense of gathered ripeness, and the 1st person singular suffix yields "my harvest-season." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
my youth
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 is too literal ('my harvest-season'); in this context the term clearly refers figuratively to 'my youth,' matching both the standard and the context of Job's reminiscence. |