---
title: חִבֻּק — a clasping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִבֻּק (2264), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: a clasping. BDB 1906: clasping, folding Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2264.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)‎ / חִבֻּק‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# חִבֻּק

<!-- .meta -->
«חִבֻּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a clasping** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2264 · **BDB:** חִבֻּק

### Glosses

of.folding (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a clasping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2264/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

clasping, folding Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2264/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a clasping, folding of the hands, only cstr. מְעַט ח׳ יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּ֑ב Pr 6:10; 24:33 (cf. חָבַק Qal).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִבֻּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2264/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.10/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* a.little of.sleep(s) a.little of.slumber(s) a.little of.folding of.hands to rest

*JPS 1917:* 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 24:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.33/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* a.little of.sleep(s) a.little of.slumber(s) a.little of.folding of.hands to rest

*JPS 1917:* 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [חָבַק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2263.md)
- next →: [חֲבַקּוּק](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2265.md)
- ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)