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title: חוּד — propound a riddle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוּד (2330), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: propound a riddle. BDB 1906: vb.denom. propound riddle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חוּד

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«חוּד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **propound a riddle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2330 · **BDB:** חוּד

### Glosses

ask (1); ask.a.riddle (1); let.me.ask.a.riddle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

propound a riddle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2330/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. propound riddle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2330/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb.denom. propound a riddle;— Pf. 2 ms. חַדְתָּה Ju 14:16; Impf. אָח֫וּדָה Ju 14:12; Imv. (חִידָה וּמְשֹׁל מָשָׁל) חוּד Ez 17:2; חוּ֫דָה Ju 14:13; always c. חידה acc. cogn.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חוּד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2330/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.17.2/)

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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם ח֥וּד חִידָ֖ה וּמְשֹׁ֣ל מָשָׁ֑ל אֶל־בֵּ֖ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind ask.a.riddle a.riddle and speak.a.parable a.parable concerning the.house of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,

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[Judges 14:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.13/)

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וְאִם־לֹ֣א תוּכְלוּ֮ לְהַגִּ֣יד לִי֒ וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם אַתֶּ֥ם לִי֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִיפ֣וֹת בְּגָדִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ ח֥וּדָה חִידָתְךָ֖ וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and if not you.will.be.able to tell to me and you.will.give you to me thirty linen.garments and thirty changes of.garments and they.said to him ask the.riddle riddle your so that we.may.hear.it

*JPS 1917:* but if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment.' And they said unto him: 'Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.'

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