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title: חַמּוּק — curving · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַמּוּק (2542), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: curving. BDB 1906: n.m. curving, curve. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַמּוּק

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«חַמּוּק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **curving** — 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:** 2542 · **BDB:** חַמּוּק

### Glosses

the.curves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

curving [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2542/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. curving, curve [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2542/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. curving, curve, חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ Ct 7:2 the curvings (curved lines, curves) of thy thighs.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 «חַמּוּק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2542/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.2/)

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מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב חַמּוּקֵ֣י יְרֵכַ֔יִךְ כְּמ֣וֹ חֲלָאִ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י אָמָּֽן׃

*Word for word:* how! they.are.beautiful feet your in (the) sandals O.daughter of.a.noble.\[person\] the.curves your.thighs your \[are\].like ornaments \[the\].work of.\[the\].hands of.a.master-craftsman

*JPS 1917:* How beautiful are thy steps in sandals, O prince's daughter! The roundings of thy thighs are like the links of a chain, the work of the hands of a skilled workman.

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