H2778b H2778b
will winter/remain through harvest (describing animals in a prophetic vision)
This verb appears in Isaiah 18:6, describing how 'the beasts of the earth will spend the harvest-time' (תֶּחֱרָף) upon the slain. The denominative verb from 'harvest' (Arabic خَرَفَ) means to remain during harvest season, parallel to 'wintering.' The imagery shows birds of prey summering on corpses while beasts winter on them—year-round feasting on the defeated enemy. The Spanish 'pasará el invierno' (will pass the winter) captures the seasonal duration, though the Hebrew specifically denotes the harvest/autumn period.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Within Isaiah's oracle against Cush, this creates a gruesome image of complete military devastation—bodies left unburied for beasts to feed on through entire seasons. The parallel structure ('summer upon them... winter upon them') uses seasonal verbs to indicate prolonged exposure of corpses, a sign of divine judgment leaving enemies without proper burial. The harvest-time specification adds agricultural imagery to this scene of judgment. 1×
AR["تَشْتُو"]·ben["শীতকাল-যাপন-করবে"]·DE["[תחרף]"]·EN["will-winter"]·FR["[תחרף]"]·heb["תחרף"]·HI["सर्दी-बिताएंगे"]·ID["akan-melewati-musim-dingin"]·IT["[תחרף]"]·jav["negani-mangsa-adhem"]·KO["겨울을-보내리라"]·PT["passará-o-inverno"]·RU["перезимует"]·ES["pasará-el-invierno"]·SW["watapitisha-baridi"]·TR["kis-gecirecek"]·urd["سردی-گزاریں-گے"]
Related Senses
H4325 1. water, waters (582×)H6965b 1. Qal: to rise, arise, get up (432×)H2091 1. gold (the metal) (389×)H0068 1. stone, rock (material/object) (267×)H5178a 1. bronze/copper as metal (131×)H6083 1. dust, dry earth, soil (108×)H8313 1. burn, set fire to (94×)H2734 1. anger was kindled (82×)G5204 1. water (80×)H2822 1. darkness, absence of light (80×)G5457 1. light (illumination) (71×)G0450 1. rise, stand up (physical) (69×)H6965b 2. Qal: to stand firm, endure, be valid (50×)H6999a 2. burn sacrifice on altar (Hifil) (45×)H5553 1. rock, cliff (physical feature) (43×)H6965b 4. Hifil: to establish, confirm (covenant/kingdom/word) (40×)H1197a 1. burn, be on fire (39×)H4306 1. rain, showers (38×)H1653 1. rain, precipitation (34×)G4655 1. darkness (30×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
III. [חָרַף] vb.denom. remain in harvest-time (so Arabic خَرَفَ; Eng. to winter)—only Qal Impf. 3 fs. כָּל־בֶּהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָ֑ף Is 18:6 all the beasts of the earth shall spend the harvest-time upon it.