BDB2604 [H2397]

חַח noun masculine hook, ring, fetter; — חַח absolute Exod 35:22 suffix חַחִי Isa 37:29; 2Kgs 19:28 plural חַחִים Ezek 19:4 + 2 t. + Ezek 29:4 Qr (Kt erroneous חחיים, see below); —

1. hook, ring, in nose of captive וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ Isa 37:29 = 2Kgs 19:28 (compare בַּחֹחִים 2Chr 33:11, see חוֺחַ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:9 (in vEzek 19:9 transp:, so that בחחים following הביא as vEzek 19:4 so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with נתן Ezek 29:4, compare Ezek 38:4 (but ᵐ5 omits and sense opposes, compare Co and — dubious — Da).

2. hook, ring as ornament, perhaps nose-ring (others brooch, see VB), Exod 35:22 (P; || נֶזֶם, טַבַּעַת, כּוּמָז).

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