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Strong's #2336 - חוֹחַ
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- thorn, brier, bramble, thornbush, thicket
- hook, ring, fetter
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1169) hh (הההה HhHh) AC: ? CO: Thicket AB: ?: The pictograph h is a picture of a wall. The wall around crops or livestock was constructed of thistles or rocks with thistles laid on top. The thorns prevented intruders from entering. (eng: hook - an exchange for the k and h)
A) hh (הההה HhHh) AC: ? CO: Thorn AB: ?: A sharp object that penetrates the flesh.
Nm) hh (הההה HhHh) - Ring: As pierced through the nose or lip. KJV (8): hook, chain, bracelet - Strongs: H2397 (חָחִי)
J) hfh (ההוהה HhWHh) AC: ? CO: Thorn AB: ?: A sharp point
Nm) hfh (ההוהה HhWHh) - Thorn: KJV (12): thistle, thorn, brambles - Strongs: H2336 (חוֹחַ), H2337 (חוֹחַ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 brier, bramble.
2 hook, ring, fetter; — ׳ח absolute Hosea 9:6 8t; plural חֲוָחִים 1 Samuel 13:6 (but see below), חוֺחִים Song of Solomon 2:2; חֹחִים 2 Chronicles 33:11; — 1. a. brier, bramble 2 Kings 14:9 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 25:18 (twice in verse) (allegory of Jehoash); collective, sign of desolation Hosea 9:6 ("" קִמּוֺשׁ), Isaiah 34:13 ("" קִמּוֺשׁ, סִירִים), Job 31:40 (opposed to חִטִּים); in simile of fool's parable עָלָה בְּיַדשִֿׁכּוֺר׳ח Proverbs 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֺשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֺחִים; Song of Solomon 2:2; briers = thickets as hiding-places 1 Samuel 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֺרִים holes, compare 1 Samuel 14:11; see below III.חרר; "" מְעָרוֺת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֺת; ᵐ5 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 1 Samuel 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν. 2 late, a. hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile with תִּקֹּב Job 40:26 ("" הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַמּוֺ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶתמְֿנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים 2 Chronicles 33:11 (compare חַח).
חוֹחַ m.
(1) [In Thes. this noun is rightly referred to the root חָנַח] a thorn, a thorn-bush, Job 31:40; Proverbs 26:9; 2 Kings 14:9. Plur. חוֹחִים Song of Solomon 2:2 and with ו moveable, חֲוָחִים 1 Samuel 13:6, thorn-bushes, thickets.
(2) i.q. חָח a hook, a ring, put through the nostrils of the larger fishes after they were caught, which were then again put into the water, Job 40:26.
(3) an instrument of a similar kind used for binding captives, 2 Chronicles 33:11 comp. Amos 4:2. (In the cognate languages occur the words خَوْخُ, ܚܰܘܚܐܳ, prunus spinosa, and also there are in Hebrew the cognate words חָח and חֲחִי. No verb of a suitable signification can be found, and the noun itself appears to be primitive, sometimes following the analogy of verbs עו֞, sometimes עע֞ and לה֞, comp. אָח a brother, see Lehrg. p. 602.)
