Lexical Summary chidah: a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question Original Word: חִידָהTransliteration: chidah Phonetic Spelling: (khee-daw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question Meaning: a riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question Strong's Concordance dark saying sentence, speech, hard question, proverb, riddle From chuwd; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim -- dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle. see HEBREW chuwd Brown-Driver-Briggs H2420. chidah חִידָה noun feminine riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question; — absolute ׳ח Judges 14:12 6t.; suffix חִידָתִי 14:18; Psalm 49:5; חִידָֽתְךָ Judges 14:13; plural absolute חִידוֺת 1 Kings 10:1 4t.; חִידֹת Numbers 12:8; suffix חִידֹתָם Proverbs 1:6; — 1 riddle = dark, obscure utterance Numbers 12:8 (J E; opposed to מֶּהאֶֿלמֶּֿה and מַרְאֶה); of something put indirectly and needing interpretation; — an allegory ח ׳חוד Ezekiel 17:2 ("" מָשָׁל מְשֹׁל); allegorical and figurative sayings Proverbs 1:6 ("" מָשָׁל מְלִיצָה and חֲכָמִים בְרֵי Di); enigmatic sentences and comparisons, declaring fate of Chaldeans Habakkuk 2:6 (+ מְלִיצָה; "" מָשָׁל), perplexing moral problem Psalm 49:5 (with מָּתַח open, propound; "" מָשָׁל), a lesson taught indirectly 78:2 (׳ח קֶדֶם מִנִּי, with הִבִּיעַ; "" מָשָׁל). 2 riddle, enigma, to be guessed, in Judges 14: a. with vb. חוּד Judges 14:12-13, 16 propound a riddle. b. with vb. הִגִּיד tell (give answer to) a riddle Judges 14:14-15, 17, 19. c. with vb. מצא find out a riddle Judges 14:18. 3 perplexing questions by which queen of Sheba put Solomon to the test (נִסָּה) 1 Kings 10:1 2 Chronicles 9:1. 4 with הֵבִין skilled in double-dealing Daniel 8:23 (Bev). |
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