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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 fool’s 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 בְּאַפֶּ˜ךָ 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


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