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title: חֹב — bosom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹב (2243), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bosom. BDB 1906: bosom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹב

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«חֹב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bosom** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2243 · **BDB:** חֹב²

### Glosses

bosom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2243/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2243/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bosom (Aramaic) לִטְמוֹן בְּחֻבִּי עֲוֹנִ֑י Jb 31:33 (cf. חֵיק).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2243/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 31:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.33/)

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אִם־כִּסִּ֣יתִי כְאָדָ֣ם פְּשָׁעָ֑י לִטְמ֖וֹן בְּחֻבִּ֣י עֲוֺֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* if I.have.concealed like humankind transgressions my by hiding in bosom my iniquity my

*JPS 1917:* If after the manner of men I covered my transgressions, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom —

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