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# חוֹף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2348

**shore** — 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

shore [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2348/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חוֹף²: shore, coast [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2348/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] shore, coast (as surrounding, enclosing)—ח׳ only cstr. Gn 49:13(×2) + 5 times:—shore of sea ח׳ הַיָּם Dt 1:7 Jos 9:1 (both D), Ju 5:17; Je 47:7; Ez 25:16; ח׳ יַמִּים Gn 49:13 (poem); ח׳ אֳנִיּוֹת v 13 the shore of ships, i.e. to which ships come.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 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: the coast (3); coast (2); become\] (into) a harbor (1).

## In the verses

[Genesis 49:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.13/#tree)

זְבוּלֻ֕ן לְח֥וֹף יַמִּ֖ים יִשְׁכֹּ֑ן וְהוּא֙ לְח֣וֹף אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְיַרְכָת֖וֹ עַל־צִידֹֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Zebulun to.\[the\] coast of.\[the\].seas he.will.dwell and he \[will become\].(into).a.harbor of.ships and side his \[will.be\].at Sidon

*JPS 1917:* Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.

[Jeremiah 47:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.47.7/#tree)

אֵ֣יךְ תִּשְׁקֹ֔טִי וַֽיהוָ֖ה צִוָּה־לָ֑הּ אֶֽל־אַשְׁקְל֛וֹן וְאֶל־ח֥וֹף הַיָּ֖ם שָׁ֥ם יְעָדָֽהּ׃ס

*Word for word:* how? will.you.be.inactive and Yahweh he.has.commanded (to) it against Ashkelon and against the.coast of the.sea there he has.appointed.it

*JPS 1917:* How canst thou be quiet? for the LORD hath given it a charge; against Ashkelon, and against the sea-shore, there hath He appointed it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2348.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2348/): 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).