הֲרִיפוֹת, grits, polenta. Sot. 42ᵇ (homiletical play on Harafah, II Sam. XXI, 16, a. Orpah, Ruth I, 4) why was she called Harafah? שהכל דשין אותה כה׳ because all pounded (used) her like grits, v. דּוּשׁ. [Cmp. Y. Kidd. I, 59ᵃ top a. Kerith. 11ᵃ where חרף is taken as the equivalent of כתש, with reference to הריפות Prov. XXVII, 22. Cmp. הַלְטָאָה for obliteration of radical ה.—Targ. I Chr. XX, 4; 6; 8 reads ערפה for h. text הרפאים, הרפא.]