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title: חָוָח — brier · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָוָח (2337), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: brier. BDB 1906: n.m. brier, bramble hook, ring, fetter. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָוָח

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«חָוָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **brier** — 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:** 2337 · **BDB:** חוֹחַ

### Glosses

thickets (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

brier [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2337/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. brier, bramble hook, ring, fetter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2337/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 14:9 1. brier, bramble. 2. hook, ring, fetter;—ח׳ abs. Ho 9:6 + 8 times; pl. חֲוָחִים 1 S 13:6 (but v. infr.), חוֹחִים Ct 2:2; חֹחִים 2 Ch 33:11;— brier, bramble 2 K 14:9(×2) = 2 Ch 25:18(×2) (allegory of Jehoash); coll., sign of desolation Ho 9:6 (‖ קִמּוֹשׁ), Is 34:13 (‖ קִמּוֹשׁ, סִירִים), Jb 31:40 (opp. חִטִּים); in sim. of fool’s parable ח׳ עָלָה בְּיַד־שִׁכּוֹר Pr 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים Ct 2:2; briers = thickets as hiding-places 1 S 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֹרִים holes, cf. 14:11; v. sub iii. חרר; ‖ מְעָרוֹת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֹת; 𝔊 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν). late, hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile c. תִּקֹּב Jb 40:26 (‖ הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֹ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים 2 Ch 33:11 (cf. חַח).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָוָח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2337/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.6/)

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וְאִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל רָאוּ֙ כִּ֣י צַר־ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י נִגַּ֖שׂ הָעָ֑ם וַיִּֽתְחַבְּא֣וּ הָעָ֗ם בַּמְּעָר֤וֹת וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and everyone of.Israel they.saw (dm).that it.was.distress to it (dm) it.was.hard.pressed the people and they.hid.themselves the people in (the) caves and in (the) thickets and in (the) cliffs and in.(the) underground chambers and in (the) cisterns

*JPS 1917:* When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait — for the people were distressed — then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in holds, and in pits.

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