הריפות

הֲרִיפוֹתor הָרִי׳ f. pl. (b. h.; הרף, cmp. חָרַף) grits, polenta. Sot.42b (homiletical play on Harafah, 2 Sam. 21:16, a. Orpah, Ruth 1:4) why was she called Harafah? שהכל דשין אותה כה׳ because all pounded (used) her like grits, v. דּוּש. (Cmp. Y.Kidd.I, 59a top a. Kerith. 11a where חרף is taken as the equivalent of כתש, with reference to הריפות Prov. 27:22. Cmp. הַלְטָאָה for obliteration of radical ה.Targ. 1 Chr. 20:4; 6; 8 reads ערפה for h. text הרפאים, הרפא.