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# חוּט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2339

**thread** — used 7 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

thread [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2339/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חוּט: n.m. thread, cord, line cord [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2339/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jos 2:18 thread, cord, line (NH id.; Arabic خَيْطٌ, Aramaic ܚܽܘܛܳܐ, חוּטָא)—ח׳ abs. Gn 14:23 + 2 times; cstr. Jos 2:18 + 3 times;— thread, as easily broken Ju 16:12 (sim.); as composing a rope or cord; תִּקְוַת ח׳ הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה Jos 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (lit. the cord of this thread of scarlet); prob. also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֹךְ נַעַל Gn 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in sim. כְּח׳ הַשָּׁנִי Ct 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips. cord, הַח׳ הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ Ec 4:12 a three-fold cord. line, as measure of length 1 K 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (cf. קָו v 23), so Je 52:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: thread (3); a line (2); a thread (1).

## In the verses

[Ecclesiastes 4:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.12/#tree)

וְאִֽם־יִתְקְפוֹ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בִמְהֵרָ֖ה יִנָּתֵֽק׃

*Word for word:* and though someone will.overpower.him the.one \[person\] the.two \[people\] they.will.stand before him and the thread (the) threefold not (in) quickly it.will.be.torn.apart

*JPS 1917:* And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

[Song of Songs 4:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.4.3/#tree)

כְּח֤וּט הַשָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ נָאוֶ֑ה כְּפֶ֤לַח הָֽרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].like.(the) thread of.(the) scarlet lips your and mouth(s) your \[is\].lovely \[is\].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

*JPS 1917:* Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2339.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2339/): 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).