Kherpa (חרפה) means disgrace in Hebrew.
It is a feminine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
disgrace
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Kherpa.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1פגיעה קשה בתדמית או במוניטין, היעדר כבוד.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֲלֵיהֶם – לֹא נוּכַל לַעֲשׂוֹת הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה, לָתֵת אֶת־אֲחֹתֵנוּ לְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ עָרְלָה; כִּי־חֶרְפָּה הִוא לָנוּ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Kherpa is a feminine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חֶרְפָּה
- Written without vowel points
- חרפה
- Said
- kherpa
- Root
- ח־ר־פ
- Pattern
- קִטְלָה
- Plural
- חֲרָפוֹת
- Inflections
- חֶרְפַּת־; ר' חֲרָפוֹת, חֶרְפוֹת־
- Gematria
- 293
This is how Kherpa is said in other languages.
- English
- disgrace
- Arabic
- عار
- Yiddish
- שאַנד, חרפה
These words mean nearly the same as Kherpa.
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words mean the opposite of Kherpa.
- כבוד
- גאווהpride
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Kherpa.
These words come before and after Kherpa in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Kherpa.
What does Kherpa (חרפה) mean in Hebrew?
Kherpa (חרפה) means disgrace. It is said kherpa, with the stress on pa.
What is a synonym for Kherpa (חרפה)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Kherpa (חרפה) are בושה, ביזיון, דראון, כלימה, and קלון.
What is the opposite of Kherpa (חרפה)?
Words that mean the opposite of Kherpa (חרפה) are כבוד and גאווה.
What rhymes with Kherpa (חרפה)?
Words that rhyme with Kherpa (חרפה) include אשפה, טיפה, מפה, חופה, קופה, and אסקופה.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חרפה of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.