חורג

Hebrew

Root
ח־ר־ג‎ (ḥ-r-g)

Etymology

From the verb חָרַג‎ (kharág, “to exceed, digress, depart”); cognate to Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܚܘܼܪܓܵܐ‎ (ḥurgā).

Pronunciation

Adjective

חוֹרֵג • (khorég) (feminine חוֹרֶגֶת‎, masculine plural חוֹרְגִים‎, feminine plural חוֹרְגוֹת‎)

  1. step- used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent
    ‏דְּמוּת הָאֵם הַחוֹרֶגֶת מִצְטָיֶּרֶת לָרֹב כִּמְרֻשַּׁעַת בָּאַגָּדוֹת הַיְּלָדִים.‎‎
    dmut ha'ém hakhoréget mitztayéret laróv kim'rushá'at ba'agadót hay'ladím.
    The character of the stepmother is often portrayed as evil in children's fairy tales.
    • זדון ומשוגה - Avraham Shalom Friedberg, in the Ben Yehuda project
      ‏”לי היה אח חורג גדול ממני, בן אבי מאשתו הראשונה, ואחות קטנה“ – ענת שרה.‎‎
      “li hayá 'ákh khorég gadól miméni, bén 'aví me'ishtó harishoná v'akhót k'taná” - 'Anat Sará
      “I had a stepbrother older than me, my father's son from his first wife, and a younger sister” - Anat Sara

Derived terms

  • אָב חוֹרֵג‎ ('áv khorég, “stepfather”)
  • אֵם חוֹרֶגֶת‎ ('ém khoréget, “stepmother”)
  • אָח חוֹרֵג‎ ('ákh khorég, “stepbrother”)
  • אָחוֹת חוֹרֶגֶת‎ ('akhót khoréget, “stepsister”)
  • אָח לְמֶחֱצָה‎ ('ákh l'mekhetsa, “half brother”)
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