חִבֻּק
S
2264
TWOT
597a
GK
2486
n.
[
m.
]
a clasping, folding
of the hands, only
cstr.
מְעַט ח׳ יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב
Pr 6:1
0;
24:33
(
cf.
חָבַק
Qal
).
חֲבַקּוּק S 2265 GK 2487 n.pr.m. the prophet Habakkuk Hb 1:1 ; 3:1 ; Ö Ἀµβακουµ ( Assyrian ḫambaḳûḳu is name of a plant, Dl HA 36, Pr 84, so حبقبق ( ḥbqbq ) in Yemen (Schweinfurth) v. Hom Aufsätze u. Abh. 1892, 27, 28 ) .
[חָבַר
S
2266
TWOT
598
GK
2248, 2488, 2489
]
vb.
unite
(usually
intr.
),
be joined, tie a magic knot
or
spell, charm
(
NH
id.;
Ethiopic
(
ḫabara
) yet Assyrian
[
abâru
],
ubburu, bind, ban
(of spells),
ibru
, friend, and many deriv.,
Dl
W 51 ff.;
Aramaic ܚܰܒܰܪ ( ḥabar ), חַבֵּר and many deriv.; cf. Ph. n. חבר associate ) Qal Pf. 3 mpl. חָֽבְרוּ Gn 14: 3; Pt. act. m. חֹבֵר Dt 18:1 1, חֹובֵר ψ 58:6 ; fpl. חֹבְרֹת Ex 26:3 (×2) + 2 times + Ez 1:9 ( cf. infr .), חֹובְרֹות Ez 1:1 1; Pt. pass. cstr. חֲבוּר Ho 4:17 (yet. v. infr .); 1. unite, be joined: a. of allies, sq. אֶל־ loc. Gn 14: 3, constr. praegn. = came as allies unto; pt. pass. fig. חֲבוּר עֲצַבִּים אֶפְרָיִם Ho 4:17 Ephr. is joined to idols (but We reads חבר , v. חָבֵר 2 d , and cf. חֲבֵרָיו Is 44:11 , חֲבֶרְתְּךָ Mal 2:1 4). b. of one thing reaching to, touching another; wings of Ezek.s living creatures sq. אֶל־ rei, Ez 1:9 ( del. Ö B C o, but v. S m); cf. ח׳ אישׁ v 1 1, i.e. joining each one ( trans. ), < Ö ã Co אל־אחותה ח׳ אשׁה (as v 9), united each to the older; so of curtains of tabernacle, sq. אֶל־ rei Ex 26:3 (×2); abs. joined together , of shoulderpieces of ephod Ex 28:7 ; 39:4 (all P ; cf. also Pu ). 2. tie magic knots, charm ( RS JPh. xiv.1885, 123 thinks meaning charm is der. from nectere verba , and comp. Arabic خَبَر ( ḫabar ), narrative ); only c. acc. cogn. ח׳ חָבֶר Dt 18:11 (in a long series of kindred phrases), specif. of charming serpents ψ 58:6 ( || מְלַחֲשִׁים ). Pi. Pf. 3 ms. חִבַּר 36:1 0; 2 ms. וְחִבַּרְתָּ Ex 26:6 + 2 times; Impf. וַיְחַבֵּר Ex 36:10 + 2 times; sf. וַיְחַבְּרֵהוּ 2 Ch 20:3 6; Inf. cstr. לְחַבֵּר Ex 36:1 8; 1. make an ally of, unite one with, only ויחברהו עִמֹּו 2 Ch 20:36 and he united him with himself , sq. Inf. of purpose. 2. unite, join ( trans. ), only Ex ( P ), of tabern., obj. the curtains, sq. acc. + אֶל־ rei Ex 26:6 ; 36:10 (×2), 13 ; sq.
Hom F. Hommel, Aufsäte u. Abhandlungen . intr. intransitive.
Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Assyrisches Wörterbuch . Ephr. Ephraimitic source or Ephrem Syrus.
We J. Wellhousen. B Vatican MS. of Septuagint.