חוח
TWOT
620
(
√ of foll., meaning dubious
)
.
חֹוחַ
S
2336, 2337
TWOT
620a
GK
2560, 2561
n.m.
2 K 14:9
1.
brier, bramble
.
2.
hook, ring, fetter
;
ח׳
abs.
Ho 9:6
+
8 times;
pl.
חֲוָחִים
1 S 13:6
(but
v. infr
.),
חֹוחִים
Ct 2:
2;
חֹחִים
2 Ch 33:1
1;
1.
a.
brier, bramble
2 K 14:9
(×2) =
2 Ch 25:18
(×2) (allegory of Jehoash);
coll.
, sign of desolation
Ho 9:6
(
||
קִמֹּושׁ
),
Is 34:13
(
||
קִמֹּושׁ
,
סִירִים
),
Jb 31:40
(
opp.
חִטִּים
); in
sim.
of fools parable
ח׳ עָלָה בְּיַד־שִׁכֹּור
Pr 26:9
a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man
(
De Now St
r);
כְּשֹׁושַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחֹוחִים
Ct 2:
2;
briers
=
thickets
as hiding-places
1 S 13:6
(but
Ew We Dr
חֹורִים
holes
,
cf.
14:1
1;
v.
sub
III.
חרר
;
||
מְעָרֹות
,
סְלָעִים
,
צְרִחִים
,
בֹּרֹות
;
Ö
here
ἐν τ. µάνδραις
;
14:11
ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν
).
2.
late,
a.
hook
or
ring
, in jaw of crocodile
c.
תִּקֹּב
Jb 40:26
(
||
הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפֹּו
); of captive
וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים
2 Ch 33:11
(
cf.
חַח
).
חַח
n.m.
hook, ring, fetter
;
חַח
abs.
Ex 35:2
2;
sf.
חַחִי
Is 37:29 2 K 19:28
;
pl.
חַחִים
Ez 19:4
+
2 times
+
Ez 29:4
Qr
(
Kt
erron.
חחיים
,
v. infr
.);
1.
hook, ring
, in nose of captive
בְּאַפֶּךָ וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי
Is 37:29
=
2 K 19:28
(
cf.
בַּחֹחִים
2 Ch 33:1
1,
v.
חוֹחַ
supr
.); so of princes of Judah, under
fig.
of young lions
Ez 19:4
,
9
(in
v
9
transp., so that
בחחים
foll.
הביא
as
v
4; so
Co
); in jaws of crocodile (
metaph.
of Pharaoh),
c.
נתן
Ez 29:
4,
cf.
38:4
(but
Ö
om. and sense opposes,
cf.
Co
and
dub.
Da
).
2.
hook, ring
as ornament, perhaps
nose-ring
(others
brooch
, see
VB
),
Ex 35:22
(
P
;
||
נֶזֶם
,
טַבַּעַת
,
כּוּמָז
).
חוט
TWOT
621
(
of foll.; Arabic
خَاط
(ḫāṭ), Aramaic
ܚܳܛ
(ḥoṭ), חַיֵּט
sew
)
.
חוּט S 2338, 2339 TWOT 2723, 621a GK 2562 n.m. Jos 2:18 thread, cord, line ( NH id.; Arabic خَيْطٌ ( ḫayṭun ), Aramaic ܚܽܘܛܳܐ ( ḥuṭo ), חוּטָא ) ח׳ abs. Gn 14:23 + 2
times; cstr. Jos 2:18 + 3 times; 1. thread , as easily broken Ju 16:12 ( sim. ); as composing a rope or cord; תִּקְוַת ח׳ הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה Jos 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (lit. the cord of this thread of scarlet); prob. also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרֹוךְ נַעַל Gn 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in sim. הַשָּׁנִי כְּח׳ Ct 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips. 2. cord , הַח׳ הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ Ec 4:12 a three-fold cord . 3. line , as measure of length 1 K 7:15