Etymology?:
from ḥāraf חָרַף ‘to reproach / to winter / to acquire’
Roots:
חרף
ḥerpā n, f
1) reproach, scorn
1a) taunt, scorn (upon enemy)
1b) reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace)
1c) a reproach (an object)
Mentioned in Genesis 34:14, 30:23 Joshua 5:9 1 Samuel 25:39, 17:26, 11:2 2 Samuel 13:13 Isaiah 47:3, 25:8, 4:1, 51:7, 54:4, 30:5 Jeremiah 6:10, 29:18, 31:19, 44:8, 15:15, 42:18, 44:12, 24:9, 23:40, 51:51, 49:13, 20:8 Ezekiel 21:33, 36:15, 5:15, 16:57, 22:4, 5:14, 36:30 Hosea 12:15 Joel 2:17, 2:19 Micah 6:16 Zephaniah 3:18, 2:8 Psalms 22:7, 79:12, 89:51, 78:66, 69:21, 69:10, 39:9, 74:22, 109:25, 119:39, 69:20, 119:22, 71:13, 69:11, 89:42, 31:12, 79:4, 15:3, 44:14, 69:8 Proverbs 18:3, 6:33 Job 19:5, 16:10 Lamentations 5:1, 3:30, 3:61 Daniel 9:16, 12:2, 11:18 Nehemiah 5:9, 2:17, 3:36, 1:3