Lexical Summary chach: hook, ring, fetter Original Word: חָחTransliteration: chach Phonetic Spelling: (khawkh) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: hook, ring, fetter Meaning: a ring for, the nose Strong's Concordance bracelet, chain, hook Once (Ezek. 29:4) chachiy {khakh-ee'}; from the same as chowach; a ring for the nose (or lips) -- bracelet, chain, hook. see HEBREW chowach Brown-Driver-Briggs H2397. chach חַח noun masculine hook, ring, fetter; — חַח absolute Exodus 35:22; suffix חַחִי Isaiah 37:29; 2 Kings 19:28; plural חַחִים Ezekiel 19:4 2t. + 29:4 Qr (Kt erroneous חחיים, see below); — 1 hook, ring, in nose of captive בְּאַמֶּ֑ךָ חַחִי וְשַׂמְתִּי Isaiah 37:29 = 2 Kings 19:28 (compare בַּחֹחִים2 Chronicles 33:11, see חוֺחַ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezekiel 19:4, 9 (in 19:9 transp:, so that בחחים following הביא as 19:4; so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with נתן 29:4, compare 38:4 (but ᵐ5 omits and sense opposes, compare Co and — dubious — Da). 2 hook, ring as ornament, perhaps nose-ring (others brooch, see VB), Exodus 35:22 (P; "" כּוּמָז טַבַּעַת, נֶזֶם,). חוט (of following; Arabic , Aramaic , חַיֵּט sew). |
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