BDB2603
חוֺחַ noun masculine 2Kgs 14:9
1.
brier, bramble.
2.
hook, ring, fetter;
— ׳
ח absolute
Hos 9:6 + 8 t; plural חֲוָחִים
1Sam 13:6 (but see
below), חוֺחִים
Song 2:2
חֹחִים
2Chr 33:11 —
1.
a.
brier, bramble
2Kgs 14:9
(twice in verse) = 2Chr 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of
desolation Hos 9:6
(|| קִמּוֺשׁ), Isa 34:13 (|| קִמּוֺשׁ, סִירִים), Job 31:40
(opposed to חִטִּים); in simile of fool's parable עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר
׳
ח
Prov 26:9
a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De
Now
Str); כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים; Song 2:2
briers = thickets as hiding-places 1Sam 13:6 (but Ew
We
Dr
חוֺרִים
holes, compare 1Sam 14:11 see below III. חרר; || מְעָרוֺת,
סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֺת;
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here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1Sam 14:11
ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν.
2. late,
a.
hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with תִּקֹּב
Job 40:26
(|| הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֺ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים
2Chr 33:11
(compare חַח).