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חֵךְ noun masculine palate, roof of mouth, gums (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1851] חִכָּא Arabic [untranscribed source text 1852] palate, roof of mouth, jaws, lower part of mouth, lower jaw of horse, mouth , etc. Lane659 Dozyi. 332); — absolute ׳ ח Job 12:11; Job 34:3 suffix חִכִּי Prov 8:7 + 6 t., חִכְּךָ Hos 8:1, חִכֶּ֑ךָ Ezek 3:26; Prov 24:13 chiefly in poetry, especially Wisdom Literature: — חִכֵךְ Song 7:10, חִכּוֺ Lam 4:4 + 2 t., חִכָּהּ Prov 5:3, חִכָּם Job 29:10 — palate, roof of mouth:
a.
אֶלחִֿכְּךָ שֹׁפָר
Hos 8:1
a trumpet to thy palate! (or gums; as in English, to thy
lips); often with לָשׁוֺן, tongue clings (דבק
) to
חך, expression for speechlessness Ezek 3:26; Job 29:10, as imprecation Ps 137:6 for the parching of extreme thirst Lam 4:4 (
בַּצָּמָא), compare Ps 22:16
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יָבֵּשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ כֹּחִי read חִכִּי for כחי see Checritical note (|| לְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י
).
b. as organ of speech Prov 5:3; Prov 8:7 (both || שְׂפָתַיִם), Job 31:30; Job 33:2
דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי בְחִכִּי (|| פָּתַחְתִּי פִי).
c. as
organ of taste Job
12:11; Job
34:3, פִּרְיוֺ מָתוֺק לְחִכִּי
Song 2:3
his fruit was sweet to my palate, Prov 24:13 (implied simile of wisdom as sweet to the soul);
figurative of God's words as sweet ׳
לְח
Ps 119:103
(|| פִּי); of taste as distinguishing misfortunes Job 6:30 (|| לָשׁוֺן; > others
of speech); of keeping wickedness ׳
בְּתוֺךְ ח
Job 20:18 (||
תַּחַת לָשׁוֺן), i.e. delighting in and prolonging the taste of it.
d. nearly
= mouth, as an element in personal sweetness and beauty Song 5:16; Song 7:10.