חח
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ח־ח (kh-kh) |
| 1 term |
Probably related to חוֹחַ (khóakh, “thorn, hook”) [1].
Pronunciation
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħɔħ/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χɔχ/
- (Mizrahi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħaːħ/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħä(ː)ħ/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaχ/, [ʀ̥äʀ̥]
Noun
חָח • (khakh) m (plural indefinite חַחִים)
- (biblical) hook, ring (probably used for piercing)
- Tanach, Ezekiel 19:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו גּוֹיִם בְּשַׁחְתָּם נִתְפָּשׂ וַיְבִאֻהוּ בַחַחִים אֶל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃
- Nations heeded [the call] against him; he was caught in their snare. They dragged him off with hooks to the land of Egypt.
- (biblical) brooch, bracelet
- Tanach, Exodus 35:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיָּבֹאוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים עַל־הַנָּשִׁים כֹּל נְדִיב לֵב הֵבִיאוּ חָח וָנֶזֶם וְטַבַּעַת וְכוּמָז כָּל־כְּלִי זָהָב וְכָל־אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר הֵנִיף תְּנוּפַת זָהָב לַיהוָה׃
- Men and women, all whose hearts moved them, all who would make an elevation offering of gold to the LORD, came bringing brooches, earrings, rings, and pendants—gold objects of all kinds.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חָח | first | חָחִי | חָחֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחָח | second | חָחֲךָ | חָחֵךְ | חַחֲכֶם | חַחֲכֶן | |
| construct | חַח־ | third | חָחוֹ | חָחָהּ | חָחָם | חָחָן | |
| plural | indefinite | חַחִים | first | חחיי / חַחַי | חַחֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחַחִים | second | חַחֶיךָ | חחייך / חַחַיִךְ | חַחֵיכֶם | חַחֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חַחֵי־ | third | חֶחָיו | חַחֶיהָ | חַחֵיהֶם | חַחֵיהֶן | |
References
- H2397 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987), “חָח”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 213
- ^ Klein, Ernest (1987), “חָח”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 213