Lexicon chagavim: places of concealment, retreats Original Word: חַגְוֵיPart of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: chagavim Phonetic Spelling: (khag-awv') Short Definition: clefts NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definitionplaces of concealment, retreats NASB Translationclefts (3).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ חֲגָוִים] noun masculine plural places of concealment, retreats, as abode of dove יוֺנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע Songs 2:14 (in metaphor); also, hyperbole, as abode of Edom (ה)סלע ׳שֹׁכְנִּי בח Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 3.. חגל (√ of following; Arabic  , hobble, hop, whence  partridge, compare Syriac  ,  , id.)
Strong's cleft From an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks -- cleft. |
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