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title: חוֹף — shore · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוֹף (2348), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: shore. BDB 1906: shore, coast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חוֹף

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«חוֹף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shore** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 2348 · **BDB:** חוֹף²

### Glosses

the.coast (3); coast (2); become\].(into).a.harbor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shore [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2348/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

shore, coast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2348/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] shore, coast (as surrounding, enclosing)—ח׳ only cstr. Gn 49:13(×2) + 5 times:—shore of sea ח׳ הַיָּם Dt 1:7 Jos 9:1 (both D), Ju 5:17; Je 47:7; Ez 25:16; ח׳ יַמִּים Gn 49:13 (poem); ח׳ אֳנִיּוֹת v 13 the shore of ships, i.e. to which ships come.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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 «חוֹף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2348/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.13/)

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זְבוּלֻ֕ן לְח֥וֹף יַמִּ֖ים יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן וְהוּא֙ לְח֣וֹף אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ עַל־צִידֹֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Zebulun to.\[the\] coast of.\[the\].seas he.will.dwell and he \[will become\].(into).a.harbor of.ships and side his \[will.be\].at Sidon

*JPS 1917:* Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.

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[Jeremiah 47:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.7/)

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אֵ֣יךְ תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה צִוָּה־לָ֑הּ אֶֽל־אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן וְאֶל־ח֥וֹף הַיָּ֖ם שָׁ֥ם יְעָדָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* how? will.you.be.inactive and Yahweh he.has.commanded (to) it against Ashkelon and against the.coast of the.sea there he has.appointed.it

*JPS 1917:* How canst thou be quiet? for the LORD hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it.

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