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# חוֹחַ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2336

**brier** — used 11 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

brier [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2336/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חוֹחַ: n.m. brier, bramble hook, ring, fetter [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2336/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 14:9 1. brier, bramble. 2. hook, ring, fetter;—ח׳ abs. Ho 9:6 + 8 times; pl. חֲוָחִים 1 S 13:6 (but v. infr.), חוֹחִים Ct 2:2; חֹחִים 2 Ch 33:11;— brier, bramble 2 K 14:9(×2) = 2 Ch 25:18(×2) (allegory of Jehoash); coll., sign of desolation Ho 9:6 (‖ קִמּוֹשׁ), Is 34:13 (‖ קִמּוֹשׁ, סִירִים), Jb 31:40 (opp. חִטִּים); in sim. of fool’s parable ח׳ עָלָה בְּיַד־שִׁכּוֹר Pr 26:9 a brier cometh into the hand of a drunken man (De Now Str); כְּשׁוֹשַׁנָּה בֵּין הַחוֹחִים Ct 2:2; briers = thickets as hiding-places 1 S 13:6 (but Ew We Dr חוֹרִים holes, cf. 14:11; v. sub iii. חרר; ‖ מְעָרוֹת, סְלָעִים, צְרִחִים, בֹּרוֹת; 𝔊 here ἐν τ. μάνδραις; 14:11 ἐκ τ. τρωγλῶν). late, hook or ring, in jaw of crocodile c. תִּקֹּב Jb 40:26 (‖ הֲתָשִׂים אַגְמֹן בְּאַפּוֹ); of captive וַיִּלְכְּדוּ אֶת־מְנַשֶּׁה בַּחֹחִים 2 Ch 33:11 (cf. חַח).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: thornbush (4); thornbush\[es\] (3); a thorn (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 26:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.9/#tree)

ח֭וֹחַ עָלָ֣ה בְיַד־שִׁכּ֑וֹר וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃

*Word for word:* a.thornbush it.goes.up in.\[the\] hand of.a.drunkard and a.proverb in.\[the\] mouth of.fools

*JPS 1917:* As a thorn that cometh into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

[Job 31:40](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.40/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.31.40/#tree)

תַּ֤חַת חִטָּ֨ה ׀ יֵ֥צֵא ח֗וֹחַ וְתַֽחַת־שְׂעֹרָ֥ה בָאְשָׁ֑ה תַּ֝֗מּוּ דִּבְרֵ֥י אִיּֽוֹב׃פ

*Word for word:* in.place.of wheat let.it.come.forth thornbush\[es\] and in.place.of barley foul.weed\[s\] they.are.finished the.words of.Job

*JPS 1917:* Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2336.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2336/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).