• [ חִשּׁוּר S 2840 TWOT 774b GK 3141 ] n. [ m. ] nave, hub of a wheel ( ^which

gathers in the spokes ) — pl. sf. חִשֻּׁרֵיהֶם 1 K 7:3 3.

חשׁשׁ TWOT 775 ( √ of foll.; cf. Arabic حَثَّ ^{(ḥaṯṯa)} hasten, hurry ( trans. ), حُثٌّ ( ḥuṯṯun ) particles of straw, sand, dust , as flying quickly about; v. Lag ^{BN 40}) .

• חֲשַׁשׁ S 2842 TWOT 775a GK 3143 n.m. Is 5:24 chaff ;— abs. קַשׁ תַּהֲרוּ ח׳ תִלְדוּ Is 33:11 ye conceive chaff, ye bring forth stubble ( fig. of vain attempt of Assyrian); cstr. יִרְפֶּח ח׳ לֶהָבָה Is 5:24 ( || קַשׁ ) as flaming chaff sinketh down ( sim. of perishing of heedless Judahites).

חֻשָׁתִי S 2843 GK 3144 v. חושׁ

חַת S 2844 TWOT 784a, 784b GK 3145, 3146 , חִתָּה S 2847 TWOT 784d GK 3150 v. חתת ^.

• חֵת S 2845 TWOT 776 GK 3147 n.pr.m. appar. represented as ancestor of the Hittites ( etym. and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ ע׳ע in Heb. & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; v. חִתִּי infr. ) —‘begotten’ by Canaan Gn 10:15 ( J ) = 1 Ch 1:1 3; elsewhere only in combin. with כְּנֵי , בְּנֹות ; a. בְּנֵי־חֵת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Gn 23:3 , 5 , 10 ^(×2), 16 , 18 , 20 ; 25:10 ; 49:32 . b. בְּנֹות(־)חֵת only of wives of Esau Gn 27:46 ^(×2) ( P ; Ö om. v b; || בְּנֹות הָאָרֶץ = בְּנֹות כְּנָ˜עַן 28: 1).

• חִתִּי S 2850 TWOT 776a GK 3153 adj. et n. gent. Hittite(s) ( Egyptian Ḫ-tá , Ḫetá . W Max Müll Asien u. Europa, 319 ff. ; Assyrian Ḫatti , Schr ^{KG 192 ff.} COT on Gn 10:19 Dl ^Pa, 269 ff. ; Tel-el-Amarna Ḫatti, Ḫatta Bez Tel el Amarn. Brit. Mus. 150 ) — m. always c. art.

הַחִתִּי Gn 23:10 Ex 3:8 +; f. חִתִּית Ez 16: 3, 45 ; mpl. הַחִתִּים Jos 1:4 +

trans. translate (translated, translation); rarely = transitive. Heb. Hebrew.

Schr E. Schrader.

KG E. Schrader, Die Keilinschr. und die Geschichtsforschung . Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies?

Bez C. Bezold.