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title: חֵיק — bosom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵיק (2436), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: bosom. BDB 1906: bosom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵיק

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«חֵיק» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 2436 · **BDB:** חֵיק

### Glosses

bosom (25); the.bosom (3); your.bosom (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2436/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2436/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bosom (NH id.)—abs. חֵיק Ez 43:17 Pr 16:33 + Ez 43:13 (Co חיקו, cf. ZKW 1883, pp. 67 ff.; חֵיקֹה DrSm xxxi), חֵק Pr 21:14; cstr. חֵיק 1 K 22:35 + 3 times + Ez 43:14 (Co חיקו) חֵק Pr 5:20 (om. by accident in Baer, cf. Strad loc.) 17:23; sf. חֵיקִי 1 K 3:20 ψ 89:51; חֵקִי Jb 19:27 etc.; elsewhere always plene c. sf.; חוקך Kt ψ 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ);—bosom, specif. of fold of garment, at breast Ex 4:6(×2), 7(×3) (all J), Pr 6:27; 16:33, metaph. of י׳ ψ 74:11; שֹׁחַד בח׳ Pr 21:14 is a hidden reward (concealed in bosom; ‖ מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר); שֹׁחַד מֵחֵק 17:23 is a gift secretly given; fig., requite into bosom Is 65:6, 7; Je 32:18; cf. ψ 35:13; 79:12. carry (נָשָׁא) in bosom, Moses the people Nu 11:12 (JE); Naomi, Ruth’s child Ru 4:16, cf. 1 K 3:20(×2); 17:19; ewe lamb 2 S 12:3 Is 40:11 (metaph.); La 2:12 of infants dying in their mothers’ arms; fig. of carrying insults in one’s bosom ψ 89:51 (read prob. כְּלִמַּת for כֹּל, v. Bi Che). bosom as part of body: external, lie in bosom, of wife שׁכבת Mi 7:5, cf. 2 S 12:8; concubine Gn 16:5 (J) cf. 1 K 1:2; אֵשֶׁת חיק(ך) Dt 13:7; 28:54, cf. also Pr 5:20 תְּחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְרִיָּה; אִישׁ חֵיקָהּ Dt 28:56. internal, anger resteth בח׳ כסילים Ec 7:9; כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי Jb 19:27 my reins are consumed within me; Jb 23:12 (read בְּחֵקִי for מֵחֻקִּי, so 𝔊 𝔙 Ol Me Stu Di) in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (cf. בְּלִבִּי ψ 119:11); fig. of interior of chariot 1 K 22:35 ח׳ הרכב; of hollow bottom of altar Ez 43:13, 14, 17 (Sm Rinne; Co Grundeinfassung).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵיק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2436/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 17:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.23/)

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שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.bribe from.\[the\] bosom a.wicked.\[person\] he.accepts to turn.aside \[the\].paths of.justice

*JPS 1917:* A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

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[Proverbs 5:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.20/)

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וְלָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְזָרָ֑ה וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and why? will.you.go.astray my.son my with a.strange.\[woman\] and will.you.embrace? \[the\].bosom of.a.foreign.\[woman\]

*JPS 1917:* Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?

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