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# חֵיק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2436

**bosom** — used 38 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

bosom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2436/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵיק: bosom [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2436/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bosom (NH id.)—abs. חֵיק Ez 43:17 Pr 16:33 + Ez 43:13 (Co חיקו, cf. ZKW 1883, pp. 67 ff.; חֵיקֹה DrSm xxxi), חֵק Pr 21:14; cstr. חֵיק 1 K 22:35 + 3 times + Ez 43:14 (Co חיקו) חֵק Pr 5:20 (om. by accident in Baer, cf. Strad loc.) 17:23; sf. חֵיקִי 1 K 3:20 ψ 89:51; חֵקִי Jb 19:27 etc.; elsewhere always plene c. sf.; חוקך Kt ψ 74:11 (Qr חֵיקְךָ);—bosom, specif. of fold of garment, at breast Ex 4:6(×2), 7(×3) (all J), Pr 6:27; 16:33, metaph. of י׳ ψ 74:11; שֹׁחַד בח׳ Pr 21:14 is a hidden reward (concealed in bosom; ‖ מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר); שֹׁחַד מֵחֵק 17:23 is a gift secretly given; fig., requite into bosom Is 65:6, 7; Je 32:18; cf. ψ 35:13; 79:12. carry (נָשָׁא) in bosom, Moses the people Nu 11:12 (JE); Naomi, Ruth’s child Ru 4:16, cf. 1 K 3:20(×2); 17:19; ewe lamb 2 S 12:3 Is 40:11 (metaph.); La 2:12 of infants dying in their mothers’ arms; fig. of carrying insults in one’s bosom ψ 89:51 (read prob. כְּלִמַּת for כֹּל, v. Bi Che). bosom as part of body: external, lie in bosom, of wife שׁכבת Mi 7:5, cf. 2 S 12:8; concubine Gn 16:5 (J) cf. 1 K 1:2; אֵשֶׁת חיק(ך) Dt 13:7; 28:54, cf. also Pr 5:20 תְּחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְרִיָּה; אִישׁ חֵיקָהּ Dt 28:56. internal, anger resteth בח׳ כסילים Ec 7:9; כָּלוּ כִלְיֹתַי בְּחֵקִי Jb 19:27 my reins are consumed within me; Jb 23:12 (read בְּחֵקִי for מֵחֻקִּי, so 𝔊 𝔙 Ol Me Stu Di) in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (cf. בְּלִבִּי ψ 119:11); fig. of interior of chariot 1 K 22:35 ח׳ הרכב; of hollow bottom of altar Ez 43:13, 14, 17 (Sm Rinne; Co Grundeinfassung).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: bosom (25); the bosom (3); your bosom (3).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 17:23](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.23/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.23/#tree)

שֹׁ֣חַד מֵ֭חֵיק רָשָׁ֣ע יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.bribe from.\[the\] bosom a.wicked.\[person\] he.accepts to turn.aside \[the\].paths of.justice

*JPS 1917:* A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

[Proverbs 5:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.20/#tree)

וְלָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְזָרָ֑ה וּ֝תְחַבֵּ֗ק חֵ֣ק נָכְרִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and why? will.you.go.astray my.son my with a.strange.\[woman\] and will.you.embrace? \[the\].bosom of.a.foreign.\[woman\]

*JPS 1917:* Why then wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of an alien?

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2436.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2436/): 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).