I. Name

The name ‘Horeph’ is a hapax in the OT. It occurs as a possible theophoric element in the personal name Elihoreph: one of Solomon’s secretaries in 1 Kgs. 4.3. It has been connected with the Egyptian god Apis: and, alternatively, with the Kassite god Ḫarpa/e. In epigraphical Hebrew, the putative divine name Horeph is probably attested in the seal inscription lʿzyhw bn ḥrp (Diringer 1934:196 No 37; Tigay 1986: 77). Besides, in Hebrew a noun ḥōrep occurs indicating the autumnal season (e.g. Gen. 8…