Lexical Summary cheq: bosom Original Word: חֵיקTransliteration: cheq Phonetic Spelling: (khake) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: bosom Meaning: the bosom Strong's Concordance bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within Or cheq {khake}; and chowq {khoke}; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively) -- bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2436. cheq [חוק] noun [masculine] bosom, Psalm 74:11 Kt חוקך (but read Qr חֵיקְךָ, see following). חֵק חֵיק, noun [masculine] bosom (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute חֵיק Ezekiel 43:17; Proverbs 16:33 + Ezekiel 43:13 (Co חיקו, compare ZKW1883, pp. 67ff.; חֵיקֹה DrSm xxxi), חֵק Proverbs 21:14; construct חֵיק 1 Kings 22:35 3t. + Ezekiel 43:14 (Co חיקו) חֵק Proverbs 5:20 (omitted by accident in Baer, compare Stron the passage) 17:23 suffix חֵיקִי 1 Kings 3:20; Psalm 89:51; חֵקִי Job 19:27 etc.; elsewhere always plene with suffix; חוקף Kt Psalm 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ); — bosom, specifically 1 of fold of garment, at breast Exodus 4:6 (twice in verse); 4:7 (3 t. in verse) (all J), Proverbs 6:27; 16:33, metaphor of ׳י Psalm 74:11; בח ׳שֹׁחַד Proverbs 21:14 is a hidden reward (concealed in bosom; "" בַּסֵּתֶר מַתָּן); טֵחֵק שֹׁחַד 17:23 is a gift secretly given; figurative, requite into bosom Isaiah 65:6-7, Psalm 35:13; 79:12; Jeremiah 32:18. 2 carry (נָשָׂא) in bosom, Moses the people Numbers 11:12 (JE); Naomi, Ruth's child Ruth 4:16, compare 1 Kings 3:20 (twice in verse); 17:19; ewe lamb 2 Samuel 12:3; Isaiah 40:11 (metaphor); Lamentations 2:12 of infants dying in their mothers' arms; figurative of carrying insults in one's bosom Psalm 89:51 (read probably כְּלִמַּת for כֹּל, see Bi Che). 3 bosom as part of body: a. external, lie in bosom, of wife שׁככת Micah 7:5, compare 2 Samuel 12:8; concubine Genesis 16:5 (J) compare 1 Kings 1:2; חיק(ךׅ אֵשֶׁת Deuteronomy 13:7; 28:54, compare also Proverbs 5:20 נָכְּרִיָה חֵק תְּחַבֵּק; חֵיקָהּ אֹישׁ Deuteronomy 28:56. b. internal, anger resteth ׳בה כסילים Ecclesiastes 7:9; בְּחֵקִי כִלְֹיתַי כָּלוּ Job 19:27 my reins are consumed within me; 23:12 (read בְּחֵקִי for מֵחֻקִּי, so ᵑ9 ᵐ5 Ol Me Stu Di) in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (compare בְּלִבִּי Psalm 119:11); figurative of interior of chariot 1 Kings 22:35 ׳ח הרכב; of hollow bottom of altar Ezekiel 43:13-14, 17 (Sm Rinne; Co Grundeinfassung). |
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