ח The eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (‘heth’). It has the numerical value eight. Both in Heb. and Aram. the letter ח represented originally two different gutteral sounds, to which correspond in Ugar. ḥ and ẖ, Arab. ḥ and kh, SArab. ח and חֿ. In Akka. the sound corresponding to Arab. kh remained, that corresponding to ḥ appears as spiritus lenis. Through comparisons with Arab., etc. it is possible to differentiate various bases which have coincided in Heb. and Aram. spelling (see e.g. the bases חבל, חבר, חלה, חלל). Heb. ח sometimes alternates with Aram. ע, Arab. ‘and gh (see חֹב, צבע and רעב.)

חֹב m.n. bosom (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Job 31:33 in the form חֻבִּי). [Related to Aram. חֻבָּא and עֻבָּא, Syr. עוּבָא, VArab. ‘ ubb (= packet inside a beduin’s shirt). For the interchangeability of ח and ע see the introductory entry to letter ח.]

חבא to hide.
    — Niph. - נֶחְבָּא he hid himself, was hidden, was concealed.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּא he hid, concealed.
    — Pu. - חֻבָּא was hidden, was concealed.
    — Hith. - הִתֽחַבֵּא he hid himself.
    — Hiph. - הֶחְבִּיא he hid, concealed.
    — Hoph. - הָחְבַּא was hidden, was concealed. [Aram. חֲבָא, חֲבִי (= he hid), Amorite hb (= to hide), Arab. ḫabā, Ethiop. ḫaba’a (= he hid), Syr. חֻבּֽיָא (= darkness), Modern Syr. ḥb (= to be darkened). cp. base חבה.] Derivatives: חֵבֶא, חָבוּא, הַחְבָּאָה, הֵחָבְאוּת, הִתְחַבְּאוּת, מַחֲבֵא, מַחֲבוֹא, מַחֲבוֹאָה, נֶחְבָּא.

חֵֽבֶא m.n. PBH hiding place. [From חבא.]

חבב to love.
    — Qal - חָבַב (= he loved).
    — Pi. - חִבַּב he loved.
    — Pu. - חֻבַּב he was loved.
    — Nith. - נִתְחַבֵּב was loved, he endeared himself, became endeared. [JAram.-Syr. חַבֵּב, אַחֵב (= he loved), Syr. חַב (= it burned), Arab. ḥabba, aḥabba (= he loved).] Derivatives: חֲבָבָה, חִבָּה, חָבוּב, חִבּוּב, חָבִיב, חוֹבֵב, הִתְחַבְּבוּת, תַּחְבִּיב.

חֲבָבָה f.n. MH love. [From חבב.]

חַבַּ״ד m.n. NH ‘Habad’ (a Hassidic sect). [Formed from the initials of the words חָכְמָה (= wisdom), בִּינָה (= understanding), and דֵּעָה (= knowledge).]

חִבָּה f.n. PBH love, affection, esteem. [From חבב.]

חבה to hide.
    — Qal - חָבָה he hid himself, was hidden.
    — Nith. - נֶחְבָּה (of s.m.). [A secondary base of חבא.] Derivatives: חָבוּי, חֲבִי, חֶבְיוֹן, prob. also חָבִית.

חָבוּא MH 1 hidden. 2 hiding place. [From חבא. cp. חָבוּי.]

חָבוּב adj. NH loved, beloved. [Pass. part. of חָבַב. See חבב.]

חִבּוּב m.n. NH love, liking, affection. [Verbal n. of חִבֵּב (= he loved), Pi. of חבב.]

חָבוּט adj. PBH beaten. [Pass. part. of חָבַט. see חבט.]

חִבּוּט m.n. PBH beating. [Verbal n. of חִבֵּט (= he beat), Pi. of חבט.]

חָבוּי adj. PBH hidden. [Pass. part. of חָבָה. See חבה and cp. חָבוּא.]

חָבוּל ᴵ adj. PBH wounded. [Pass. part. of חָבַל. See חבל ᴵ.]

חָבוּל ᴵᴵ adj. pledged, pawned. [Pass. part. of חבל. See חבל ᴵᴵ.]

חִבּוּל ᴵ m.n. MH spoiling, corruption. [Verbal n. of חִבֵּל (= he spoiled, corrupted) Pi. of חבל ᴵ.]

חִבּוּל ᴵᴵ m.n. NH pregnancy. [Verbal n. of חִבְּלָה (= she was pregnant), Pi. of חבל ᴵᴵᴵ.]

חֲבוֹל m.n. pledge, pawn. [From חבל ᴵᴵ. cp. JAram. חִיבּוּלֽיָא, Syr. חֻבּֽלָא, Mand. חבולא (= interest), Arab. ḫabl (= pledge, loan). According to some scholars these words are loan words from Akka. ḫabullu, ḫubullu (= obligation, pledge).]

חֲבוֹלָה f.n. pledge, pawn (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ex. 18:7 in the form חֲבֹלָתוֹ). [Formed from חבל ᴵᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חִבּוּץ m.n. NH churning. [Verbal n. of חִבֵּץ (= he churned), Pi. of חבץ.]

חָבוּק adj. PBH 1 attached, clasped. MH 2 embraced. [Pass. part. of חָבַק. See חבק.]

חִבּוּק m.n. embracing. [Verbal n. of חִבֵּק (= he embraced), Pi. of חבק. cp. Syr. and Mand. הֲבָקָא (= embracing).]

חָבוּר adj. attached, joined, connected. [Pass. part. of חָבַר. See חבר.]

חִבּוּר m.n. PBH 1 connection. MH 2 composition, treatise, work. MH 3 addition (arithmetics). [Verbal n. of חִבֵּר (= he joined, connected), Pi. of חבר ᴵ.]

חַבּוּרָה f.n. wound, bruise. [Related to Aram. חַבּוּרְתָא, Syr. חֲבָרְתָּא (= wound), Arab. ḥibr, ḥibār (= wound), Akka. ibāru (= scar, weal). These words derive from base חבר ᴵᴵᴵ. For the ending see first suff. ◌ָה. cp. חֲבוּרָה ᴵᴵ.]

חֲבוּרָה ᴵ f.n. PBH company, party, association. [Formed from חבר ᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲבוּרָה ᴵᴵ f.n. wound, bruise (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 53:5 in the form חֲבֻרָתוֹ, ‘his wound’. [Of the same origin as חַבּוּרָה.]

חָבוּשׁ adj. 1 saddled. PBH 2 imprisoned. NH 3 put on (the head). [Pass. part. of חבשׁ.]

חִבּוּשׁ m.n. NH 1 binding, tying. 2 bandage, dressing. [Verbal n. of חִבֵּשׁ, Pi. of חבשׁ.]

חַבּוּשׁ m.n. PBH quince. [Together with Aram. חַבּוּשָׁא (= quince), Syr. חַבּוּשָׁא (= apple), of uncertain origin; perhaps a derivative of base חבשׁ (= to bind), and so called from the constipating effect of the quince.]

חָבוּת f.n. NH obligation, liability, indebtedness. [Formed from חוב with suff. ◌וּת.]

חבט to beat, strike.
    — Qal - חָבַט 1 he beat off fruit or corn; PBH 2 he beat down.
    — Niph. - נֶחֽבָּט 1 was beaten out; 2 was struck down.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּט he beat down, struck down.
    — Pu. - חֻבַּט was beaten down, was struck down.
    — Hith. - הִתֽחַבֵּט 1 he exerted himself, tried hard; 2 he prostrated himself in prayer. [JAram.-Syr. חֲבַט, Arab. ḫabaṭa, Ethiop. ḫafaṭa (= he beat, struck). cp. the related bases חבס, חבץ.] Derivatives: חָבוּט, חִבּוּט, חֶבָט, חֹבֶט, חֲבָט, חֲבָטָה, חֲבִיטָה, הִתְחַבּֽטוּת, מַחֽבֵּט, מַחֽבֵּטָה.

חֶֽבֶט m.n. thong of a handle, buckle of a shoe. [A secondary form of חֶבֶת.]

חֹֽבֶט m.n. NH beating, striking, blow. [From חבט.]

חֲבָט m.n. PBH shock, blow, concussion. [From חבט.]

חֲבָטָה f.n. beating, striking, blow. [Verbal n. of חָבַט. See חבט and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲבִי m.n. NH hiding place. [From חבה.]

חָבִיב adj. PBH beloved, lovely, agreeable, pleasant. [From חבב.] Derivatives: חֲבִיבוֹן, חֲבִיבוּת.

חֲבִיבוֹן m.n. NH little darling. [Formed from חָבִיב with dimin. suff. ◌וֹן.]

חֲבִיבוּת f.n. MH love, dearness, pleasantness. [Formed from חָבִיב with suff. ◌וּת.]

חֶבְיוֹן m.n. 1 hiding place (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Hab. 3:4). NH 2 latency. [Formed from חבה with ◌וֹן, suff. forming abstract nouns.]

חָבִיּוֹנָה, חָבִיּוֹנֶת f.n. PBH resp. NH a little cask. [Dimin. formed from חָבִית. The usual punctuation חֲבִיּוֹנָה, חֲבִיּוֹנֶת is erroneous, because the qamatz of חָבִית is a qamatz perpetuum.]

חֲבִיטָה f.n. MH beating, striking, blow. [Verbal n. of חָבַט. See חבט and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲבִילָה ᴵ f.n. PBH bundle, package, parcel (lit.: ‘that which is bound’). [Formed from חבל ᴵⱽ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲבִילָה ᴵᴵ f.n. PBH pledge. [Verbal n. of חָבַל (= he took in pledge). See חבל ᴵᴵ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חָבִיֹּנֶת see חָבִיּוֹנָה.

חָבִיץ m.n. PBH (also חֲבִיצָה f.n. PBH) pudding (made of honey, flour and oil). [From חבץ, whence also Syr. חֲבִיצָא, Arab. ḫabīs.]

חֲבִיצָה see חָבִיץ.

חֲבִיקָה f.n. NH embracing, caressing. [Verbal n. of חָבַק. See חבק and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲבִירָה f.n. NH joining. [Verbal n. of חָבַר. See חבר ᴵ and first suff. ◌ָה.] Derivative: חֲבִירוּת.

חֲבִירוּת f.n. NH sociability. [Formed from חֲבִירָה with suff. ◌וּת.]

חֲבִישָׁה f.n. PBH 1 imprisonment. MH 2 bandaging, dressing (a wound). NH 3 bandage. [Verbal n. of חָבַשׁ. See חבשׁ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חָבִית f.n. PBH barrel, cask, large jar. [Prob. derived from חבה (= to hide, cover) and lit. meaning ‘receptacle’, ‘container’. cp. Aram.-Syr. חָבִיתָא, Arab. ḥābia, ḥābiya. The qamatz is a qamatz perpetuum, as proved by the Arabic form.] Derivative: חַבְתָן.

חֲבִיתָה f.n. NH omelette. [Coined by Eliezer ben Yehudah (1858–1922), from חבת (q.v.), on the analogy of לֽבִיבָה (= cake) from לבב.]

חֲבִיתִית f.n. NH blintze, pancake. [Formed from חֲבִיתָה with dimin. suff. ◌ִית.]

חבל ᴵ to act corruptly, ruin, destroy.
    — Qal - חָבַל he wounded, damaged.
    — Niph. - נֶחְבַּל 1 was ruined; 2 was wounded.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּל he ruined, destroyed, injured.
    — Pu. - חֻבַּל was ruined, was destroyed, was injured.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַבֵּל was ruined, was destroyed, was injured. [Aram.-Syr. חַבֵּל (= he corrupted, ruined), Arab. ḫabala (= he corrupted, confounded, confused, handicapped), ḫabila (= he was mentally confused), Ethiop. taḫabala (= he dared, was audacious), Akka. ḫabālu (= to injure), ḫabil (= woe). Derivatives: חָבוּל ᴵ, חִבּוּל ᴵ, חַבָּל, חֲבָל, חֲבָלָה, חַבָּלָה, חַבְּלָן, חוֹבֽלָנִי, מֽחַבֵּל, מֽחֻבָּל.

חבל ᴵᴵ to pledge.
    — Qal - חָבַל he took or held in pledge. [Akka. ḫubullu, ḫabullu, Aram. חִבּוּלָא, חִבּוּלֽיָא (= interest), Syr. חוּבֽלָא (= recompense, reward, interest). This base is usually derived from חבל ᴵⱽ (= to bind, in the sense of ‘to bind by taking a pledge’). Some scholars derive חבל ᴵᴵ from חבל ᴵ, others see in חבל ᴵᴵ a separate base.] Derivatives: חֲבוֹלָה, חֲבִילָה ᴵᴵ.

חבל ᴵᴵᴵ to writhe, travail.
    — Pi. - חִבּֽלָה she travailed, was pregnant. [Aram. חבל (= to conceive, bear), Aram.-Syr. חֶבְלָא (= travail), Arab. ḥabilat (= was or became pregnant), ḥabal (= fetus).] Derivative: חֵבֶל.

חבל ᴵⱽ to bind. [Whence Aram.-Syr. חַבְּלָא (= rope), Arab. ḥabala (= he bound, laced), Ethiop. ḥabala (= he bound), ḫabl (= rope), Akka. naḫbalu (= snare), bābilu (= catcher). cp. חבל ᴵᴵ.] Derivatives: חֶבֶל, חִבֵּל (n.), חֲבִילָה ᴵ, חוֹבֵל and prob. also תַּחְבּוּלָה.

חֶֽבֶל m.n. 1 cord, rope. 2 measuring line. 3 measured portion, region. 4 part, lot. [From חבל ᴵⱽ. cp. JAram., Syr., Mand. חַבְלָא, Arab. ḥabl, Ethiop. hebr, Akka. naḫbalu (= snare).] Derivative: חֶבְלָה.

חֵֽבֶל ᴵ m.n. pain, pang, throes of birth, sufferings. [From חבל ᴵᴵᴵ.]

חֵֽבֶל ᴵᴵ m.n. fetus. [Related to Arab. ḥabal (= fetus in the womb), and to חֵבֶל ᴵ.]

חִבֵּל m.n. rigging, ropes, cables (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Pr. 23:24). [From חבל ᴵⱽ.]

חַבָּל m.n. MH destroyer (lit.: ‘he whose occupation is to destroy’). [Nomen opificis formed from חִבֵּל (= he destroyed), Pi. of חבל ᴵ, according to the pattern פַּעָל. cp. חַבְּלָן.]

חֲבָל interj. PBH woe! alas! [From חבל ᴵ, whence also Akka. ḫabil (= woe!).]

חֲבַלְבָּל m.n. NH Convolvulus (botany). [From Syr. חֲבָלֽבּֽלָא.]

חֶבְלָה f.n. PBH portion, estate. [Formed from חֶבֶל with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חַבָּלָה f.n. PBH destruction. [From חבל ᴵ.]

חֲבָלָה f.n. PBH 1 injury, damage, wounding. 2 indemnity (paid to the wounded). [Verbal n. of חָבַל. See חבל ᴵ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חִבְלוּל m.n. NH roping off. [Verbal n. of חִבְלֵל, Pi. of חבלל.]

חבלל to rope off.
    — Pi. - חִבְלֵל he roped off.
    — Pu. - חֻבֽלַל was roped off. [Denominated from חֶבֶל (= rope).] Derivatives: חִבֽלוּל, מֽחֻבֽלָל.

חַבְּלָן m.n. MH 1 destroyer. NH 2 saboteur. [Formed from חִבֵּל (= he destroyed), Pi. of חבל ᴵ, with agential suff. ◌ָן. For the difference in meaning between חַבָּל and חַבּֽלָן see suff. ◌ָן ᴵᴵ.] Derivatives: חַבּֽלָנוּת, חַבּֽלָנִי, חַבּֽלָנִית.

חַבְּלָנוּת f.n. NH 1 destruction. 2 sabotage. [Formed from חַבְּלָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַבְּלָנִי adj. NH 1 destructive. 2 sabotaging. [Formed from חַבְּלָן with suff. ◌ִי.]

חַבְּלָנִית f.n. NH destroyer (ship). [Formed from חַבְּלָן with suff. ◌ִית.]

חבס to press, crush.
    — Qal - חָבַס he pressed, crushed.
    — Niph. - נֶחְבַּס was pressed, was crushed. [Related to the bases חבט, חבץ.]

חבץ to compress, to churn.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּץ he churned.
    — Pu. - חֻבַּץ churned. [Syr. חֲבַץ (= he pressed, urged), חָץ (= he pressed closely, held tight), Arab. ḫabaṣa (= he mixed). Related to the bases חבט, חבס.] Derivatives: חִבּוּץ, חָבִיץ, חֲבִיצָה, חֹבֶץ, חֻבֽצָה, מְחֻבָּץ, מַחְבֵּצָה.

חֹֽבֶץ m.n. NH buttermilk. [From חבץ.]

חֻבְצָה f.n. PBH buttermilk. [JAram. חוּבְצָא, from חבץ.]

חֲבַצֶּֽלֶת f.n. Paneratium (botany). [Prob. related to Akka. ḫab(a)ṣillatu (= stalk). Syr. חַמֽצַלָּיְתָא is prob. a Hebrew loan word.]

חבק to embrace, clasp.
    — Qal - חָבַק he embraced, clasped.
    — Niph. - נָחֱבַק was embraced, was clasped.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּק he embraced, caressed.
    — Pu. - חֻבַּק was embraced.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַבְּקוּ they embraced each other. [Aram. (Targum) חַבֵּק, Syr. עפק (= to embrace), Ugar. ḥbq (= to embrace), Arab. ḥabbaqa (= he collected). Prob. related to אבק ᴵ.] Derivatives: חָבוּק, חִבּוּק, חֲבִיקָה, חֶבֶק, הִתְחַבְּקוּת.

חֶֽבֶק m.n. PBH 1 band of a saddle. PBH 2 riband (around the neck). NH 3 banderole. 4 garter. [From חבק.]

חבר ᴵ to be united, be joined.
    — Qal - חָבַר 1 was united, was joined; NH 2 he united, he joined.
    — Niph. - נֶחְבָּר was joined, was gathered.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּר 1 he united, he joined; NH 2 he added; MH 3 he composed (a treatise or book).
    — Pu. - חֻבַּר 1 was united, was joined; NH 2 was added; MH 3 was composed.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַבֵּר 1 he joined himself, made an alliance; MH 2 was composed (said of a treatise or a book).
    — Hiph. - הֶחְבִּיר 1 he joined; MH 2 he composed; NH 3 he associated. [Phoen. חבר (= associate), Aram.-Syr. חֲבַר (= was united), Aram.-Syr. חַבֵּר (= he bound, tied), Arab. ḫabara (= he tried, tested, experienced), ḫabbara (= he notified, advised), ’ah̬bara (of s.m.), Ethiop. ḫabara (= he joined, was an associate), Akka. ebēru (= to unite), ebru (= associate), OSArab. תחבר (= to get united). cp. חבר ᴵᴵ.] Derivatives: חָבוּר, חִבּוּר, חֲבוּרָה, חָבֵר, חֶבֶר ᴵ, חֶבֽרָה, חֲבֵרָה, חַבֽרוּתָא, חַבְרַיָּא, חֶבְרַיָּה, הֶחְבֵּר, הַחְבָּדָה, הִתְחַבְּדוּת, מַחְבָּד, מַחְבֵּר, מֽחַבֵּר, מְחֻבָּר, מַחְבֶּרֶת, תַּחְבּוּרָה, תַּחְבִּיר.

חבר ᴵᴵ to spell, charm.
    — Qal - חָבַר he charmed. [Properly: ‘to tie magic knots’; and orig. identical with חבר ᴵ. For sense development cp. the related Akka. ubburru (= to bind, to ban).] Derivative: חֶבֶר ᴵᴵ, prob. also חַבָּר ᴵᴵ.

חבר ᴵᴵᴵ to be colored, be striped. [Arab. ḥabara (= he beautified, adorned), ḥibr (= color, complexion), Akka. ibāru (= scar, weal). Base of חֲבַרְבּוּרָה, prob. also of חַבּוּרָה and חֲבוּרָה ᴵᴵ.]

חָבֵר m.n. 1 friend, associate, companion. PBH 2 fellowman. PBH 3 schoolmate, fellow student. PBH 4 ‘Haber’ (a scholar’s title). NH 5 member (of an association). PBH 6 equal to, like. [From חבר ᴵ. cp. Phoen. חבר, Aram.-Syr. חַבְרָא (= friend, associate, companion), BAram. חֲבַר, Ugar. ḫbr, Arab. ḥabr, ḥibr, Akka. ibru, ebru (= friend, associate, companion).] Derivative: חֲבֵרָה.

חֶֽבֶר ᴵ m.n. 1 company, band. NH 2 association, organization. [From חבר ᴵ, whence also OAram. ḫibru (= clan), Ugar. ḫbr, Akka. ḫubûru (= community, company).]

חֶֽבֶר ᴵᴵ m.n. charm, spell, magic. [From חבר ᴵᴵ.]

חַבָּר ᴵ m.n. associate, partner (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Job 40:30 in the pl.). [Nomen opificis formed from חבר ᴵ according to the pattern פַּעָל. cp. חבר ᴵᴵ.]

חַבָּר ᴵᴵ m.n. PBH 1 charmer, magician. 2 Parsee. [Prob. from Pers. gābr (whence Gheber, Ghebre) (= a member of the Persian sect of fire-worshipers).]

חֲבַרֽבּוּר adj. MH striped. [Back formation from חֲבַרְבּוּרָה.]

חֲבַרְבּוּרָה f.n. stripe, streak (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Jer. 13:23 in the form חֲבַרֽבֻּרֹתָיו). [Formed from חבר ᴵᴵᴵ through reduplication of the second and third radicals.] Derivatives: חֲבַרְבּוּר, חֲבַרְבָּר ᴵ, חֲבַרְבָּר ᴵᴵ, חֲבַרְבֶּרֶת.

חֲבַרְבָּר ᴵ m.n. PBH a kind of striped lizard. [Back formation from חֲבַרְבּוּרָה.]

חֲבַרְבָּר ᴵᴵ adj. MH striped. [Back formation from חֲבַרְבּוּרָה.]

חֲבַרְבֶּֽרֶת f.n. MH stripe, streak. [A secondary form of חֲבַרְבּוּרָה.]

חֶבְרָה f.n. association, company (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Job 34:8). [Formed from חבר ᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה. cp. חַבְרוּתָא. The word חֶבְרָה is prob. inf. of חָבַר. See חבר ᴵ.] Derivatives: חֶבְרָתִי, חברת.

חֲבֵרָה f.n. 1 friend (f.), wife, associate, companion (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Mal. 2:14 in the form חֲבֶרְתְּךָ, ‘the companion’). PBH 2 wife of a ‘Haber’. [f. of חָבֵר.]

חֲבֵרוּת f.n. PBH 1 society. PBH 2 the condition of a ‘Haber’ (with reference to Levitical purity), piety. PBH 3 the position of a scholar. NH 4 membership. [Formed from חָבֵר with suff. ◌וּת.] Derivative: חַבֽרוּתִי.

חִבְרוּת f.n. NH socialization. [Verbal n. of חִבְרֵת. See חברת.]

חַבְרוּתָא f.n. PBH, חַבְרוּתָה MH company, companionship, society. [From JAram. and Syr. חֲבַר (= he was united). See חבר ᴵ and cp. חֶבְרָה.]

חַבְרוּתִי adj. NH sociable, friendly. [Formed from חֲבֵרוּת with suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַבְרוּתִיּוּת.

חַבְרוּתִיּוּת f.n. sociability, friendliness. [Formed from חַבְרוּתִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חֲבֵרִי adj. NH friendly. [Formed from חָבֵר with suff. ◌ִי.]

חַבְרַיָּא, חֶבְרַיָּה PBH 1 friends. NH 2 company, comrades. [Aram. emphatic pl. of חַבְרָא (= friend). See חָבֵר.]

חברת to socialize.
    — Pi. - חִבֽרֵת he socialized. [Denominated from חֶבֽרָה.] Derivative: חִבֽרוּת.

חֶבְרָתִי adj. NH social. [Formed from חֶבֽרָה with adj. suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חֶבֽרָתִיּוּת.

חֶבְרָתִיּוּת f.n. NH sociability. [Formed from חֶבְרָתִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חבשׁ to bind, bind up.
    — Qal - חָבַשׁ 1 he bound on (esp. the headgear); 2 he bound, bound up, saddled; 3 he dressed (a wound), bandaged.
    — Niph. - נֶחְבַּשׁ PBH 1 was imprisoned; NH 2 was bound, bound up.
    — Pi. - חִבֵּשׁ he dressed (a wound), bandaged.
    — Pu. - חֻבַּשׁ was dressed (said of a wound), was bandaged.
    — Nith. - נִתְחַבַּשׁ was imprisoned. [JAram.-Syr. חֲבַשׁ (= he shut in, imprisoned, confined), Arab. ḥabasa (= he confined, restricted), Tigre ḥabbasa (of s.m.), Akka. abāshu (= to bind), hubbushu (= bound, lame), abshu (= girdle), Ugar. hbsh (= bundle, girdle).] Derivatives: חַבָּשׁ, חֹבֶשׁ, חֲבָשָׁה, חָבוּשׁ, חֲבִישָׁה, מַחְבּוֹשׁ, תַּחְבּשֶׁת, perhaps also חַבּוּשׁ. cp. חֵשֶׁב.

חַבָּשׁ m.n. NH dresser (of wounds), bandager. [Nomen opificis formed from חִבֵּשׁ (= he dressed, bandaged), Pi. of חבשׁ, according to pattern פַּעָל. cp. חוֹבֵשׁ.]

חִֹבֵשׁ m.n. MH bandage, plaster. [From חבשׁ.]

חֲבָשָׁה f.n. PBH saddling, harnessing. [Verbal n. of חָבַשׁ. See חבשׁ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חבת
    — Pi. - חִבֵּת he panfried. [Base of חֲבִתִּים and מַחֲבַת. Prob. connected with Ethiop. ḫabaza (= he baked bread), whence, according to Nöldeke, Arab. ḫubz (= bread).] Derivative: חֲבִיתָה.

חֲבִתִּים m.n. pl. flat cakes (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Chron. I 9:31). [From חבת.]

חַבְתָן m.n. NH maker of barrels, cooper. [Formed from חָבִית (= barrel), with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivative: חַבְתָנוּת.

חַבְתָנוּת f.n. NH cooperage. [Formed from חַבְתָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַג m.n. (with the def. art. הֶחָג) feast, festival. [From חגג. cp. JAram., Syr. חַגָּא, Arab. ḥijja (= feast), jajj[[illegible]] (= feast pilgrimage — the office.[[illegible]] Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca). cp. a חַג׳[[illegible]].]

חַג׳ m.n. FW 1 pilgrimage to Mecca. 2 one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca. [From Arab. ḥajj, from ḥajja (= he made the pilgrimage to Mecca). See חַג.]

חָגָּא m.n. 1 trembling, reeling (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 19:17). MH 2 name for a non-Jewish festival. [Of uncertain origin; possibly related to Arab. ḥajia (= he was ashamed).]

חַגְאֹם m.n. NH festival. [Compounded of חַג (= festival), and אֹם (= nation).]

חָגָב m.n. locust, grasshopper. [Together with JAram. חָגֽבָא — of unknown origin.]

חגג to make a pilgrimage, to celebrate a feast, to dance, to reel, to be giddy.
    — Qal - חַג, חָגַג 1 he leaped, jumped; 2 he made a pilgrimage, he celebrated a feast; 3 he reeled.
    — Niph. - נָחֹג, נֶחְגַּג was celebrated.
    — Hoph. - הוּחַג was celebrated. [Arab. ḥajja (= he made a pilgrimage), Syr. חגי (= he celebrated a feast). Aram.-Syr. חַגָּא (= a feast festival). The orig. of this base was perhaps ‘to leap’, ‘to dance’. cp. base חוג.] Derivatives: חַג, חֶגֶג, חִגּוּג, חֲגִיגָה, חֲגִיגִי, מוּחָג, תְּחִגָּה. cp. חַג׳, cp. also חִנְגָּא.

חֶֽגֶג m.n. MH feast, festival (poetical). [From חגג.]

חָגָו m.n. cleft (of a rock). [Of uncertain etymology; perhaps orig. meaning ‘place of concealment’ and related to JAram. חַגֽוָא (= cleft), Arab. ḥaja’a (= he hid himself), maḥja (= refuge).]

חִגּוּג m.n. NH celebration. [From חגג.]

חֲגוֹר m.n. 1 girdle. NH 2 equipment of a soldier (worn on the march). [From חגר.]

חָגוּר adj. girded. [Pass. part. of חָגַר (= he girded). See חגר ᴵ.]

חֲגוֹרָה f.n. girdle, belt. [Formed from חגר ᴵ with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲגִיגָה f.n. PBH 1 celebration. 2 pilgrimage to Jerusalem for festival. 3 festival sacrifice. 4 ‘Hagigah’ — name of the last Mishnah, Talmud and Tosephta tractate in the order מוֹעֵד. [Verbal nof חָגַג. See חגג and first suff. ◌ָה.] Derivative: חֲגִיגִי.

חֲגִיגִי adj. NH festive, solemn, ceremonial. [Coined by Eliezer ben Yehudah (1858–1922) from חֲגִיגָה. For the ending see suff. ◌ִי.] Derivatives: חֲגִיגִית, חֲגִיגִיּוּת.

חֲגִיגִיּוּת f.n. NH festivity, solemnity. [Formed from חֲגִיגִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חֲגִיגִית adv. NH solemnly, ceremonially. [From חֲגִיגִי.]

חֲגִירָה f.n. PBH 1 girdle, fence. MH 2 girding. NH 3 lameness. [Verbal n. of חָגַר (= he girded). See חגר ᴵ and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חָגְלָה f.n. NH partridge, alectories graeca (ornithology). [Related to Arab. ḥajal (of s.m.), and ḥajala (= he hobbled, hopped), Syr. חַגְלָא, חֲגַלְתָּא. Tigre ḥagal (= partridge).]

חגר ᴵ to gird.
    — Qal - חָגַר 1 he girded on, bound on; PBH 2 he halted, limped.
    — Niph. - נֶחֽגַּר was girded.
    — Pi. - חִגֵּר he girded.
    — Pu. - חֻגַּר was girded.
    — Hiph. - הֶחֽגִּיר he halted, limped.
    — Nith. - נִתְחַגֵּר he became lame. [Aram. חֲגַר (= he bound), Syr. חֲגַר (= he held back, hindered, he halted, limped, was lame), Ugar. ḥgr (= to gird), Mand. הנגר (= to render lame), Arab. ḥajara (= he hindered), Akka. agāru (= to surround), Ethiop. ḥagl (= fetter). Derivatives: חָגוּר, חֲגוֹר, חֲגוֹרָה, חֲגִירָה, חִגֵּר, מַחֽגָּר, מַחְגֵּר, מְחֻגָּר, מַחֲגֹרֶת.

חגר ᴵᴵ to leap forth, jump forth.
    — Qal - חָגַר he leapt forth, jumped forth (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Sam. II 22:46 in the form יַחְגְּרוּ).] [A metathesis var. of חרג.]

חִגֵּר adj. PBH lame. [From חגר ᴵ.] Derivative: חִגּֽרוּת.

חִגְּרוּת f.n. MH lameness. [Formed from חִגֵּר with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַד ᴵ adj. 1 sharp. PBH 2 pointed. [From חדד. Related to Arab. ḥaddu, Akka. eddu (= pointed).]

חַד ᴵᴵ adj. one, single (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ezek. 33:30 in the phrase וֽדִבֶּר־חַד אֶת־אַחַד, ‘and speak one to another’). [Prob. an Aramaism. cp. Aram. חַד (= one), Syr. חַדְחַד, חֲדָדֵי (= one another), JAram. הֲדָדֵי (of s.m.).]

חַד◌ (combining form) one, uni-, mono-. [From חד ᴵᴵ.]

חֹד m.n. PBH sharpness, edge, point, apex. [From חדד.]

חַד־אֵבָר, חַד־אֵיבָר m.n. NH a monomial (mathematics). [Formed from חַד ᴵᴵ (= one) and אֵבָר (= member).]

חַד־אוֹפַן see חַדּוֹפַן.

חַד־אֵיבָר see חַד־אֵבָר.

חַד־בֵּיתִי adj. NH 1 monoecious (botany). 2 monostich (poem). 3 unicameral. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), בַּיִת (= house), and suff. ◌ִי.]

חַדְגּוֹנִי adj. NH monotonous (lit.: one-colored). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, mono-), and גוֹנִי (= colored).] Derivative: חַדְגּוֹנִיּוּת.

חַדְגּוֹנִיּוּת f.n. monotony. [Formed from חַד־גוֹנִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַד־גַּרְעִינִי adj. NH mononuclear, mononucleate. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), גַּרְעִין (= kernel, nucleus), and suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַד־גַּרְעִינִיּוּת.

חַד־גַּרְעִינִיּוּת f.n. NH mononucleosis. [Formed from חַד־גַּרֽעִינִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חדד to be sharp.
    — Qal - חַד, חָדַד was sharp (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Hab. 1:8).
    — Pi. - חִדֵּד he sharpened.
    — Pu. - חֻדַּד was sharpened.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַדֵּד PBH 1 became sharp; MH 2 became acute.
    — Hiph. - הֵחֵד he sharpened.
    — Hoph. - הוּחַד 1 was sharpened; NH 2 became sharp. [Aram. חַדֵּד (= he sharpened), Arab. ḥadda (= was sharp, sharpened), Ethiop. ḥadāde (= iron), Akka. edēdu (prob. ‘to be sharp’).] Derivatives: חַד ᴵ, חֹד, חָדוּד, חַדּוּד, חִדּוּד, חַדּוּדִי, חַדּוּדִית, חָדִיד, הִתְחַדְּדוּת, מַחְדֵּד, מְחַדֵּד, מְחֻדָּד. cp. the first element in חַדַּף.

חדה to rejoice.
    — Qal - חָדָה he was glad, rejoiced.
    — Pi. - חִדָּה he gladdened. [Aram.-Syr. חֲדִי (= he rejoiced), Mand. הדא (= to rejoice), Ugar. ḫdiv, Akka. ḫadū (= to rejoice). cp. Arab. ḫadiya (= he ran).] Derivative: חֶדְוָה.

חָדוּד adj. NH sharpened. [From חדד.]

חַדּוּד m.n. sharp edge, something pointed (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Job 41:22 in the phrase חַדּוּדֵי־חָרֶשׂ, ‘sharp potsherds’). [From חדד.] Derivatives: חַדּוּדִי, חַדּוּדִית.

חִדּוּד m.n. PBH 1 sharpening, pointing. 2 edge, point. NH 3 sarcasm, wit. [Verbal n. of חִדֵּד (= he sharpened), Pi. of חדד.]

חַדּוּדִי adj. NH 1 pointed. 2 conical. [Formed from חַדּוּד with suff. ◌ִי.]

חַדּוּדִית f.n. MH cone. [Formed from חַדּוּד with suff. ◌ִית.]

חֶדְוָה f.n. joy, gladness. [From חדה. Prob. an Aramaism. cp. JAram. חֶדְוָתָא, חֲדוּתָא, Mand. האדותא, Akka. ḫidūtu (= joy).]

חַדּוֹפַן m.n. NH wheelbarrow. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one) and אוֹפַן (= wheel).]

חִדּוּק m.n. PBH stopper, plug (lit.: that which presses or squeezes in). [Verbal n. of חִדֵּק, Pi. of חדק. cp. the version הִדּוּק.]

חָדוּר adj. NH penetrated, permeated. [Pass. part. of חָדַר. See חדר.]

חִדּוּשׁ m.n. PBH 1 renewal. 2 novelty, new interpretation. 3 innovation. 4 creation. [Verbal n. of חִדֵּשׁ (= he renewed), Pi. of חדשׁ.]

חַדּוּת ᴵ f.n. MH sharpness. [Formed from חַד ᴵ with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַדּוּת ᴵᴵ f.n. PBH pit, cistern. [Together with Aram.-Syr. חַדּוּתָא (of s.m.) of uncertain origin. cp. דּוּת.]

חָדִיד adj. PBH sharp-witted. [From חדד.]

חֲדִילָה f.n. NH ceasing, cessation. [Verbal n. of חָדַל. See חדל and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חָדִיר adj. NH penetrable, permeable. [Coined from חָדַר (= he penetrated) according to the pattern פָּעִיל, which is used in NH to form adjectives denoting capability or fitness.] Derivative: חֲדִירוּת.

חֲדִירָה f.n. NH penetration, permeation. [Verbal n. of חָדַר (= he penetrated), and first suff. ◌ָה.]

חֲדִירוּת f.n. NH penetrability, permeability. [Formed from חָדִיר with suff. ◌וּת.]

חָדִישׁ adj. NH novel, modern. [Coined by Ittamar Ben Avi (1882–1943) from חָדָשׁ (= new).] Derivative: חֲדִישׁוּת.

חֲדִישׁוּת f.n. NH novelty. [Coined by Ittamar Ben Avi from חָדִישׁ and suff. ◌וּת.]

חדל to cease.
    — Qal - חָדַל he ceased, left off, desisted
    — Niph. - נֶחְדַּל he ceased.
    — Hiph. - הֶחְדִּיל he caused to cease. [Arab. ḫadhala (= he left, abandoned, foresook), Ethiop. ḫadala (= he ceased).] Derivatives: חֲדִילָה, חָדֵל, חֶדֶל, חֹדֶל, חֲדָלָה, חִדָּלוֹן, מֶחְדָּל.

חָדֵל adj. 1 forebearing, ceasing. 2 transient. [From חדל.]

חֶֽדֶל m.n. 1 (the land of) cessation (a hapax legomenon occurring in Is. 38:11). MH 2 ceasing, cessation. [From חדל.]

חֹֽדֶל m.n. NH ceasing, cessation. [From חדל.]

חֲדָלָה f.n. PBH ceasing, cessation. [Formed from חדל (= to cease), with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חִדָּלוֹן m.n. NH ceasing, cessation, destruction. [Formed from חדל (= to cease), with ◌וֹן, suff. forming abstract nouns.]

חַד־מֶרְכָּזִי adj. NH concentric (lit.: having one center). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), מֶרְכָּז (= center), and suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַד־מֶרְכָּזִיּוּת.

חַד־מֶרְכָּזִיּוּת f.n. NH concentricity. [Formed from חַד־מֶרְכָּזִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַד־מַשְׁמָעִי adj. NH (also חַד־מַשְׁמָעוּתִי) unequivocal (lit.: having but one meaning). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), מַשְׁמָע or מַשְׁמָעוּת (= meaning), and suff. ◌ִי.]

חַד־מַתַּכְתִּי adj. NH monometallic. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, mono-), מַתֶּכֶת (= metal), and suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַד־מַתַּכְתִּיּוּת.

חַד־מַתַּכְתִּיוּת f.n. NH monometallism. [Formed from חַד־מַתַּכְתִּי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַד־סִטְרִי adj. NH one-way. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one) and סִטְרִי (= of a side), from Aram. סִטְרָא (= side).]

חַד־עֶרְכִּי adj. NH monovalent (chemistry). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, mono-), עֵרֶךְ (= value), and suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַד־עֶרְכִּיּוּת.

חַד־עֶרְכִּיּוּת f.n. NH monovalence (chemistry). [Formed from חַד־עֶרֽכִּי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַדַּף m.n. NH sorex (zoology); lit.: sharp-nosed. [Contraction of חַד (= sharp), and אַף (= nose).]

חַד־פְּסִיגִי adj. NH monocotyledonous (botany). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, mono-), פְּסִיג (= cotyledon), and suff. ◌ִי.]

חַד־פַּעֲמִי adj. NH happening once, unique. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), פַּעַם (= time), and suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַד־פַּעֲמִיּוּת.

חַד־פַּעֲמִיּוּת f.n. NH happening once, uniqueness. [Formed from חַד־פַּעֲמִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַד־צְדָדִי adj. NH one-sided, unilateral. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, uni-), צַד (= side), and suff. ◌ִי.] Derivative: חַד־צְדָדִיּוּת.

חַד־צְדָדִיּוּת f.n. NH one-sidedness, unilaterality. [Formed from חַד־צְדָדִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חדק to press together, compress.
    — Pi. - חִדֵּק he pressed together, squeezed, drove in.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַדֵּק was driven into. [Related to the bases הדק, אדק. JAram. חדק (= to stick to), Arab. ḥadaqa (= he surrounded, encircled), Akka. edēqu (= to clothe).] Derivative: חִדּוּק, prob. also חֵדֶק.

חֵֽדֶק m.n. 1 nightshade — a kind of thornbush. [cp. Arab. ḥadaq (= Solanum).] 2 NH elephant’s trunk. [Prob. a derivative of חדק.] Derivative: חִדְקוֹנִית.

חַדְקוֹלִי adj. NH monotonous (lit.: one-voiced). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), קוֹל (= voice), and adj. suff. ◌ִי.]

חִדְקוֹנִית f.n. NH weevil. [Formed from חֵדֶק with suff. ◌וֹנִית.]

חדר to surround, enclose.
    — Qal - חָדַר 1 he surrounded (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Ezek. 21:19 in the form of the f. part. חֹדֶרֶת); NH 2 he penetrated.
    — Hiph. - הֶחְדִּיר he caused to enter, caused to penetrate, introduced.
    — Hoph. - הֻחְדַּר was made to enter.
    — Hith. - הִתֽחַדֵּר he entered, he penetrated. [Aram. הֲדַר, Syr. חֲדַר, Arab. ḥadara (= he surrounded). cp. Akka. adru, ’adūru (= fence, enclosure) and possibly also to JAram. אִדְּרָא (= threshing floor). Related to חזר, הדר ᴵᴵ.] Derivatives: חָדוּר, חָדִיר, חֲדִירָה, חַדְרָנִי, חוֹדְרָנִי, הַחְדָּרָה.

חֶֽדֶר m.n. room, chamber. [Related to Phoen. חדר, חדרת, Ugar. ḥdr, Arab. ḫidr (= curtain separating the woman’s room), Ethiop. ḫadara (= he dwelled).] Derivatives: חַדֽרוֹן, חַדְרָן.

חַדְרוֹן m.n. NH a small room. [Formed from חֶדֶר with dimin. suff. ◌וֹן.]

חַדְרָן m.n. NH valet-de-chambre. [Formed from חֶדֶר with agential suff. ◌ָן.]

חַדְרָנִי adj. NH penetrating. [Formed from חדר with suff. ◌ָנִי. cp. חוֹדֽרָנִי.]

חַדְרָנִית f.n. NH chambermaid, femme-dechambre. [Formed from חֶדֶר with adj. f. suff. ◌נִית.]

חדשׁ to be new.
    — Pi. - חִדֵּשׁ 1 he renewed, renovated, restored; PBH 2 he invented; NH 3 he reactivated.
    — Pu. - חֻדַּשׁ was renewed.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַדֵּשׁ was renewed, renewed himself. [Phoen. חדשׁ (= to be new), Aram.-Syr. חַדֵּת (= he renewed), Ugar. ḥdt (= to be new), Arab. ḥadatha (= it happened, occurred), ḥadutha (= was new, was young), ḥaddatha (= he sold, related), Ethiop. ḥadasa (= was new), Akka. ’edēshu (= to be new), eshshu (= new), Punic ḥadasht (= new). cp. ‘Rosh Hodesh’ and ‘Hadith’ in my CEDEL.] Derivatives: חִדּוּשׁ, חָדִישׁ, חָדָשׁ, חֹדֶשׁ, חֲדָשָׁה, חַדְּשָׁן, הִתְחַדְּשׁוּת, מְחַדֵּשׁ, מֽחֻדָּשׁ.

חָדָשׁ adj. new. [From חדש. Related to Phoen. חדש, Egypt.-Aram., Palm. חדת, Syr., JAram., Mand. חֲדַת, Akka. eshshu.] Derivatives: חֲדָשָׁה, תַּחְדִישׁ.

חֽדֶשׁ m.n. new moon, month. [From חדשׁ. Related to Phoen. חדש, Ugar, ḥdt (= month).]

חֲדָשָׁה f.n. 1 novelty. NH 2 piece of news. [Properly f. of חָדָשׁ (= new), used as a noun.]

חָדְשִׁי adj. NH monthly. [Formed from חֹדֶשׁ (= month), with suff. ◌ִי.]

חַד־שִׂיחַ m.n. NH monologue. [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, mono-), and שִׂיחַ (= talk).]

חַדְּשָׁן m.n. NH innovator. [Formed from חָדָשׁ (= new), with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivatives: חַדְּשָׁנוּת, חַדְשָׁנִי.

חַדְּשָׁנוּת f.n. NH innovation. [Formed from חַדְשָׁן with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַדְּשָׁנִי adj. NH innovating, innovative. [Formed from חַדְּשָׁן with suff. ◌ִי.]

חַד־שְׁנָתִי adj. NH annual (botany). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one), and שְׁנָתִי (= annual).]

חַד־תָּאִי adj. NH monocellular (zoology). [Formed from חַד◌ (= one, mono-), and, תָּאִי (= cellular).]

חַוָּאוּת f.n. NH farming. [Formed from חַוָּה (= farm), with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַוַּאי m.n. NH farmer. [Formed from חַוָּה (= farm), with suff. ◌ַאי.]

חוב to be guilty, to be legally bound, owe.
    — Qal - חָב 1 was legally bound, was responsible; 2 was guilty; 3 was indebted, owed; 4 he imposed a duty.
    — Pi. - חִיֵּב 1 he inculpated (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Dan. 1:10 in the form חִיַּבְתֶּם); PBH 2 he declared guilty; PBH 3 he imposed a duty; MH 4 he caused; NH 5 he approved.
    — Pu. - חֻיַּב 1 he was declared guilty; 2 he was bound, was obligated.
    — Hith. - הִתְחַיֵּב 1 he was found guilty, was convicted; 2 he was responsible; 3 he pledged himself. [Aram.-Syr. חוב (= to be guilty), Arab. ḫāba (= he failed, was unsuccessful).] Derivatives: חָבוּת, חוֹב, חוֹבָה, חַיָּב, חִיּוּב, הִתֽחַיּֽבוּת, מְחַיֵּב, מְחֻיָּב.

חוֹב m.n. (pl. חוֹבוֹת, also חוֹבִים) 1 debt, indebtedness. PBH 2 guilt, found guilty. [From חוב.]

חוֹבֵב m.n. 1 lover. NH 2 amateur. [Act. part. of חָבַב. See חבב.] Derivative: חוֹבֽבָן.

חוֹבְבָן m.n. NH amateur, dilettante. [Formed from חוֹבֵב with agential suff. ◌ָן.] Derivatives: חוֹבְבָנוּת, חוֹבְבָנִי.

חוֹבְבָנוּת f.n. NH amateurishness, dilettantism. [Formed from חוֹבְבָן with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוֹבְבָנִי adj. NH amateurish. [Formed from חוֹבְבָן with suff. ◌ִי.]

חוֹבָה f.n. PBH 1 duty, obligation. 2 guiltiness. NH 3 debit (in book-keeping). [Formed from חוב with first suff. ◌ָה. cp. Syr. חוּב, חוּבָא (= love, charity, affection), JAram. חוֹבְתָא (= debt), Mand. חוֹבֽתָא (= obligation), Arab. ḥaub, OSArab. ḥwb (= sin).]

חוֹבֵל m.n. sailor. [Derived from חבל ᴵⱽ and lit. meaning ‘he who binds’.]

חוֹבְלָנִי adj. PBH destructive (said of a court that puts a man to death in seven years). [Formed from חבל ᴵ with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוֹבֵר m.n. sorcerer, wizard, magician. [Part. of חָבַר; see חבר ᴵᴵ.]

חוֹבֶֽרֶת f.n. NH booklet, pamphlet. [Formally part. f. of חָבַר; see חבר ᴵ.]

חוֹבֵשׁ m.n. dresser (of wounds), bandager. [Subst. use of the act. part. of חָבַשׁ (= he bound). See חבשׁ.]

חוֹבְשׁוּת f.n. NH wound-dressing. [Formed from חוֹבֵשׁ with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוג to make a circle, move in a circle.
    — Qal - חָג he made a circle, moved in a circle (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Job 26:10).
    — Hith. - הִתֽחוֹגֵג he moved in a circle.
    — Pi. - חוֹגֵג he measured with compasses. — חִיֵּג NH he dialled.
    — Pu. - חֻיַּג was dialled. [Related to base חגג and base עוג. cp. Aram. חוג, Syr. חָג (of s.m.).] Derivatives: חוּג, חוּגָה, חִיגָה, חִיּוּג, מָחוֹג.

חוּג m.n. 1 circle, circuit, horizon. NH 2 circle of people, class. [From חוג, whence also JAram. and Syr. חוּגְתָא. Related to עוּגָה.]

חוֹגֵג adj. & m.n. 1 celebrant, celebrating. MH 2 pilgrim. [Formally part. of חָגַג; see חגג.]

חוּגָה ᴵ f.n. NH dial (of telephone). [Formed from חוג with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חוּגָה ᴵᴵ f.n. NH woodlark, Lullula arborea. [Of unknown origin.]

חוֹגֵר m.n. 1 sword bearer. NH 2 (military) rating, O.R. (= other ranks). [Formally part. of חגר ᴵ.]

חוד to propound a riddle.
    — Qal - חָד propounded a riddle. [Denominated from חִידָה (= riddle). cp. JAram. חוד (= to propound a riddle).]

חוֹדְרָנִי adj. NH [Formed from חוֹדֵר, act. part. of חָדַר, with suff. ◌ָנִי. cp. חַדְרָנִי.]

חוה ᴵ to show, declare.
    — Pi. - חִוָּה he showed, he declared, made known, said, told, expressed.
    — Hiph. - הֶחֱוָה he declared, pronounced. [Aram. חַוֵּי, Syr. חַוִּי (= he showed), Arab. waḥā(y) (= he inspired, revealed). Derivatives: חַוָּה ᴵᴵ, חִוּוּי, מַחֲוֶה, מֶחֽוָה, מַחֲוָן. cp. אַחֲוָיָה.

חוה ᴵᴵ to experience, be deeply impressed by.
    — Qal - חָוָה he experienced, was deeply impressed by.] [Back formation from חֲוָיָה.]

חַוָּה ᴵ f.n. 1 tent, village. NH 2 farm. [Of uncertain origin. Possibly related to חַיָּה. Some scholars connect it with Arab. ḥawā(y) (= to gather, assemble).]

חַוָּה ᴵᴵ f.n. NH opinion (used) only in the phrase חַוַּת־דַּעַת (after Ps. 19:3). [From חוה ᴵ.]

חִוּוִּי m.n. NH indication, announcement, statement, declaration. [Verbal n. of חִוָּה (= he showed), Pi. of חוה ᴵ.]

חִוּוּר m.n. NH whitening (used in the term חִוּוּר־דָּם (= leukemia). [Verbal n. of חִוֵּר (= he made white), Pi. of חור.]

חוֹזֶה ᴵ m.n. seer, prophet. [Subst. use of the act. part. of חָזָה (= he saw). See חזה.]

חוֹזֶה ᴵᴵ covenant, contract (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 28:15). [From חזה. cp. חזות ᴵᴵ.]

חוֹזֵר m.n. NH circular letter (lit.: returning). [Act. part. of חָזַר. See חזר.]

חֽוֹחַ ᴵ m.n. 1 briar, thorn. 2 hook, ring. [Related to Aram. חוֹחָא, Akka. hāh (= thorn), ḫahḫu, ḫāyaḫu (= thorn).] Derivative: חוֹחִית. cp. חָח.

חֽוֹחַ ᴵᴵ m.n. aperture, cleft (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Sam. I 13:6 in the pl.). [Prob. related to Arab. ḫauḫ, Ethiop. ḫōḫet (= aperture in the wall).]

חוֹחִית f.n. NH goldfinch, lit.: that which lives among the thorns. [Coined by Mendele Mocher Sepharim (1836–1917) from חוֹחַ (= thorn), and suff. ◌ִית.]

חוּט m.n. thread. [Related to Aram.-Syr. חוּטָא, Arab. ḫayṭ (= thread).] Derivatives: חוּטִי, חוּטָנִי, חיט, חַיָּט, אַלְחוּט.

חוֹטֵא m.n. sinner. [Subst. use of the part. of חָטָא. See חטא.]

חוֹטֵב m.n. hewer, carver. [Subst. use of the act. part. of חָטַב. See חטב.]

חוּטִי adj. MH threadlike, thready, wire-like, ropy. [Formed from חוּט with suff. ◌ִי.]

חוּטְרָא m.n. PBH stick. [JAram., related to Heb. חֹטֶר (= branch, twig).]

חוֹטֶֽרֶת, חֹטֶֽרֶת ᴵ f.n. hump, hunch. [A collateral form of חֲטוֹטֶרֶת.]

חִוְיַאי m.n. NH hawk (lit.: catcher of serpents). [From JAram. חִוֽיָא (= serpent, snake), which is related to Syr. חֶוְיָא, Arab. ḥayya (= serpent, snake).]

חֲוָיָה f.n. NH experience. [From חיה. For the ending see first suff. ◌ָה.] Derivatives: חוה ᴵᴵ, חֲוָיָתִי.

חֲוִילָה f.n. NH villa (a word occurring in a version of Siphre, section יעקב, chapter 37). [Of uncertain origin. Influenced in meaning by L. villa (= country house, villa, farm), whence It. villa.]

חֲוָיָתִי adj. NH based on experience. [Formed from חֲוָיָה with suff. ◌ִי.]

חוך PBH to laugh, to jest. [JAram. Base of חוּכָא and חִיֵּךְ.]

חוּכָא m.n. PBH jest, fun (used esp. in the phrase חוּכָא וְאִטְלוּלָא. See אִטֽלוּלָא). [JAram., from חוך. whence also חִיֵּךְ (= he smiled), Pi. of חיך (q.v.).]

חוֹכֵךְ adj. NH hesitating, hesitant. [Part. of חָכַך. See חכך.]

חוֹכֵר m.n. PBH tenant, lessee. [Subst. use of the part. of חָכַר. See חכר.]

חול, חיל to move in a circle, whirl, dance, to fall, occur.
    — Qal - חָל 1 he danced; 2 it fell upon; 3 it fell, occurred, happened. [Aram. חול and חַיֵּיל, Arab. ḥala (= he moved in a circle, whirled, turned), OSArab. חול (= around), Ugar. ḫl, Akka. ḫalu (= to have labor pains).] Derivatives: הִתְחוֹלְלוּת, חָלוּת, חֲלִילָה, מָחוֹל, מֽחוֹלָה, מְחוֹלִית, מְחוֹלֵל, מֽחוֹלֶלֶת, תְּחוּלָה.

חוֹל ᴵ m.n. sand. [Related to JAram. חולא, חלא, Syr. חלא (= sand), Arab. ḥāl (= clay mixed with sand). Derivatives: חוֹלָה, חוֹלִי ᴵ, חוֹלִית.

חוֹל ᴵᴵ m.n. PBH name of a fabulous bird, the phoenix. [Based on Job 29:18, where, however, חוֹל prob. means ‘sand’.]

חוֹל ᴵᴵᴵ see חֹל.

חוּ״לִ m.n. NH abroad, foreign country, overseas. [Formed from the initials of the words חוּץ◌ (= extra-), אֶרָץ (= land, country), and pref. לְ◌.]

חוֹלֵב m.n. NH milkman, dairyman. [Subst. use of the part. of חָלַב. See חלב and cp. חַלֽבָן.]

חוֹלֶֽבֶת adj. NH milk giving (cow), milche (cow). [f. part. of חָלַב. See חלב.]

חוֹלֶה adj. ill, sick, diseased. [Part. of חָלָה (= was ill). See חלה ᴵ.]

חוֹלָה f.n. PBH חוֹלָה, sand dune. [Formed from חוֹל (= sand), with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חוֹלִי ᴵ see חֳלִי.

חוֹלִי ᴵᴵ adj. sandy, sabulous. [Formed from חוֹל (= sand), with suff. ◌ִי.]

חוֹלִירָע m.n. NH cholera. [Heb. transliteration for cholera, formed from חֹלִי (= illness) and רָע (= bad).]

חוֹלִית f.n. PBH sand dune. [Formed from חוֹל (= sand), with suff. ◌ִית.]

חוֹלָם, חֹֽלֶם m.n. PBH ‘holam’ — Heb. vowel pronounced o. [According to Abraham ibn Ezra (1093–1167), derived from חלם ᴵᴵ, and lit. meaning ‘the strong vowel’.] Derivative: חָלוּם ᴵᴵᴵ.

חוֹלְמָנִי adj. NH dreamy. [Formed from חלם ᴵᴵ with suff. ◌ִנִי.]

חוֹלְמָנִיּוּת f.n. NH dreaming. [Formed from חוֹלְמָנִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוֹלָנִי adj. PBH 1 sickly. NH 2 morbid. [Formed from חלה ᴵ with suff. ◌ָנִי.] Derivative: חוֹלָנִיּוּת.

חוֹלָנִיּוּת f.n. NH sickliness. [Formed from חוֹלָנִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוֹלֵץ m.n. PBH 1 pincers. NH 2 corkscrew. PBH 3 performer of ‘halitzah’ (see חליצה). [Subst. use of the active part. of חָלַץ. See חלץ.]

חוּלְצָה see חֻלְצָה.

חוּלְשָׁה see חֻלְשָׁה.

חוּם adj. dark brown, black. [Prob. from חום (= to be warm), which is related to חמם, hence lit. meaning ‘resembling in color to something burned’.] cp. the second element in שְׁחַמְחוּם.

חוֹמָה f.n. wall (around a city). [From חמה (= to see, to protect), whence also Ugar. ḥmt, TA ḫumitu (= wall). For a similar sense developent cp. שׁוּר ᴵ (= wall) from שׁוּר (= to behold, regard, look at).]

חוֹמְלָנִי adj. NH compassionate, merciful. [Formed from חמל (= to be compassionate), with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוּמְעָה see חֻמֽעָה.

חוֹמְקָנִי adj. NH evasive. [Formed from חמק (= to turn away, slip away), with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוֹנְפָנִי adj. NH flattering. [Formed from חנף (= to flatter), with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוס to have pity, spare.
    — Qal - חָס he had pity, pitied, spared. [JAram. חוּס, Syr. חָס, Mand. חָס (= he pitied, spared), Ethiop. ḥāsa (of s.m.). cp. also Arab. saḥḥa. (= poured forth, flowed).] Derivatives: חִיסָה, חַס.

חוף base of חוֹף (q.v.).

חוֹף m.n. coast, shore. [Related to Aram. חוֹפָא (= plug), Arab. ḥāfa, also ḥāffa (= edge), Ugar. ḫp, Ethiop. ḫapu (of s.m.). These words possibly derive from base חפף ᴵ (= to surround, enclose), and lit. mean ‘that which surrounds or encloses’. But Arab. ḥauf. (= edge, rim, brim, border), the exact equivalent of Heb. חוֹף, proves that the base of these words is חוף and not חפף. cp. the first element in חוֹפָמִי.]

חוֹפֵז adj. NH hurrying, hastening. [Part. of חָפַז. See חפז.] Derivative: חוֹפֽזָנִי.

חוֹפְזָנִי adj. NH hasty. [Formed from חוֹפֵז with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוֹפָמִי m.n. NH plover. [Coined by Mendele Mocher Sepharim (1836–1917), as the contraction of חוֹף (= shore), and מַיִם (= water).]

חוֹפֵף adj. NH 1 covering. 2 congruent (geometry). [Part. of חוֹפֵף 1 he covered; 2 it was congruent), Pi. of חפף ᴵ.] Derivative: חוֹפְפוּת.

חוֹפְפוּת f.n. NH 1 covering. 2 congruence. [Formed from חוֹפֵף with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוּץ ᴵ m.n. 1 the outside. 2 street. [Related to חַיִץ.] Derivatives: חוּץ ᴵᴵ, חוּצִי, חִיצוֹן.

חוּץ ᴵᴵ adv. PBH except, excepting (used only in the phrase חוּץ מִן, which means ‘except’, ‘apart from’). [From חוּץ ᴵ.]

חוּץ◌ (combining form) extra-. [From חוּץ ᴵᴵ (= except, excepting).]

חוֹצֵב m.n. stonecutter. [Subst. use of the active part. of חָצַב. See חצב ᴵ.]

חוֹצֶה m.n. NH bisector. [Subst. use of the active part. of חָצָה (= he divided into two, halved). See חצה ᴵ.]

חוּצִי adj. NH external. [Formed from חוּץ ᴵ with suff. ◌ִי.]

חוֹצֵל m.n. NH matmaker. [Back formation from מַחְצֶלֶת.]

חוֹצֶֽלֶת f.n. PBH (with suff. חוֹצַלֽתּוֹ; pl. חוֹצָלוֹת) mat. [Related to Arab. ḫaṣala (= soft branch). See מַחֽצֶלֶת.]

חוּצְפָּה see חֻצְפָּה.

חוֹצֵץ, חֹצֵץ adj. divided (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Pr. 30:27 in the phrase יָצָא חוֹצֵץ (= they go for divided into groups). See חצץ.]

חָוָק m.n. PBH rung (of a ladder). [Related to Aram. חַוֽקָא, Syr. חוֹקָא (= rung). cp. עָוָק.]

חוֹקֵר m.n. NH investigator, examiner, researcher. [Subst. use of the active part. of חָקַר. See חקר.]

חור to grow white or pale.
    — Qal - חָוַר he grew white, grew pale (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 29:22 in the form יֶחֶֽוָרוּ).
    — Pi. - חִוֵּר NH 1 he made white; PBH 2 he made clear, made evident.
    — Pu. - חֻוַּר was made clear, was clarified, was evident.
    — Nith. - נִתֽחַוֵּר was made clear, was clarified, became evident.
    — Hiph. - חֶחֶֽוִיר 1 he made white; 2 he grew white.
    — Hoph. - הֻחְוַר was made clear, was made evident. [JAram. and Syr. חֲוַר, Arab. ḥawira. (= was white), ḥawar. (= whiteness).] Derivatives: חוּר ᴵ, חִוֵּר (adj.), חִוּוּר, חִוֽרָה, חִוָּרוֹן, חִוַּרֽיָן, חֲוַרֽוַר, הַחֽוָרָה, הִתְחַוְּרוּת, מֽחֻוָּר, prob. also חוֹרַי.

חוּר ᴵ m.n. white stuff (prob. linen). [From חור.]

חוּר ᴵᴵ m.n. hole. [Possibly from חרר ᴵ, hence a secondary form of חוֹר ᴵ, but more prob. derived from חור, hence a secondary form of חרר ᴵ.]

חוֹר ᴵ, חֹר ᴵ m.n. 1 hole, aperture. 2 socket of the eye. [From חרר ᴵ.] Derivative: חָרִיר.

חוֹר ᴵᴵ, חֹר ᴵᴵ m.n. nobleman (in the Bible occurring only in the pl.). [From חרר ᴵᴵᴵ.]

חִוֵּר adj. NH white, pale. [From חור. cp. BAram. חִוָּר, Aram. חִוְרָא, Syr. חֶוָּרָא (= white).] Derivatives: חֲוַרֽוַר, חִוְרוּר, חַוְרוּרִי, חִוְרוּת, חִוַּרְיָן.

חֲוַרְבָּר see חֲבַרְבָּר ᴵ.

חוֹרֵג m.n. & adj. PBH step-. [Prob. ‘born outside’ and related to Arab. ḫaraja. (= he went out). See חרג.]

חוֹרֶֽגֶת f.n. & adj. step-. [Feminine of חוֹרֵג.]

חִוְרָה f.n. NH whiteness, paleness, pallor. [Formed from חור with first suff. ◌ָה.]

חִוָּרוֹן m.n. NH paleness, pallor. [Formed from חור with ◌וֹן, suff. forming abstract nouns.]

חורור NH to become pale.
    — Qal - חֳוַרְוַר he became pale. [Formed from חור through reduplication. See חֲוַרֽוַר.]

חֲוַרְוַר adj. NH pallid. [Formed from חִוֵּר through reduplication on the analogy of אֲדַמְדַּם (= reddish) from אָדֹם (= red) and יְרַקְרַק (= greenish) from יָרֹק (= green).]

חֲוַרְוָר m.n. PBH leucoma. [From חִוֵּר. See חֲוַרֽוַר.]

חַוְרוּרִי adj. NH pallid. [Formed from חִוֵּר through reduplication of the third radical.]

חִוְרוּת f.n. NH whiteness, paleness. [Formed from חִוֵּר (adj.), with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוֹרַי m.n. pl. white stuff (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 19:9). [Prob. from חור (= to be white).]

חִוַּרְיָן adj. PBH whitish, pallid. [From חִוֵּר.]

חוֹרֵף ᴵ m.n. insulter, abuser. [Subst. use of the active part. of חָרַף. See חרף ᴵ.]

חוֹרֵף ᴵᴵ adj. NH hibernating. [Part. of חָרַף. See חרף ᴵᴵ.]

חוּרְשָׁה see חֻרְשָׁה.

חושׁ ᴵ to make haste, hurry.
    — Qal - חָשׁ he made haste, hastened.
    — Hiph. - הֵחִישׁ 1 he accelerated, hastened (tr.), urged on, speeded up; intr. 2 he made haste, hastened.
    — Hoph. - הוּחַשׁ was accelerated, was hastened, was speeded up. [Ugar. ḫsh, Akka. ḫāshu. (= to hasten, make haste), Ethiop. ḥōsa. (= intr. v. he moved). Some scholars connect it with Arab. ḥaththa. (= urged, incited, prompted). Prob. related to base עושׁ.] Derivatives: חִישׁ, חִישָׁה ᴵᴵ, הֶחָשָׁה.

חושׁ ᴵᴵ to feel.
    — Qal - חָשׁ 1 he felt (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Eccles. 2:25 in the form יָחוּשׁ); PBH 2 he was anxious, worried.
    — Hoph. - הוּחַשׁ was felt, was perceived, was sensed. [Aram. חֲשַׁשׁ, חָשׁ, Syr. חַשׁ, חָשׁ (= he felt pain, was anxious, afraid), Arab. ḥassa. (= he felt), Akka. ḫashāshu. (= to rejoice). Related to base חשׁשׁ.] Derivatives: חוּשׁ (n.), חוּשִׁי, חוּשָׁנִי, חִישָׁה ᴵᴵᴵ, חִישׁוֹנוּת, חִישׁוֹנִי, חִישָׁן, מוּחָשׁ, מוּחָשִׁי, מָחוֹשׁ, מְחִישָׁה, תְּחוּשָׁה. cp. חַיֽשָׁן, חַיְשָׁנוּת, חַיְשָׁנִי.

חוּשׁ m.n. PBH 1 sense. NH 2 feeling. [From חושׁ ᴵᴵ.] Derivative: חוּשִׁי.

חוֹשְׁדָנִי adj. NH suspecting, suspicious. [Formed from חשׁד (= to suspect), with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוּשִׁי adj. MH sensual, sensorial. [Formed from חוּשׁ (n.), with suff. ◌ִי.]

חוּשָׁם m.n. NH a fool. [So called after חוּשׁם, name of a fool in folk-tale.]

חוּשָׁנִי adj. NH sensual, sensorial. [Formed from חוּשׁ (n.), with suff. ◌ָנִי.] Derivative: חוּשָׁנִיּוּת.

חוּשָׁנִיּוּת f.n. NH sensuality, sensualism. [Formed from חוּשָׁנִי with suff. ◌וּת.]

חוֹשְׂפָנִי adj. NH disclosing. [Formed from חשׂף (= to uncover, lay bare), with suff. ◌ָנִי.]

חוֹשֵׁק m.n. MH lover. [Subst. use of the active part. of חָשַׁק. See חשׁק.]

חוֹשֵׁשְׁנִי, חוֹשְׁשַׁנִי NH I am afraid. [Contraction of חוֹשֵׁשׁ אֲנִי. See חשׁשׁ and אֲנִי.]

חות to shrink from, loathe, abhor.
    — Qal - חָת (used only in the phrase חָתָה נַפֽשׁוֹ מִן ‘he shrank from’, ‘loathed’, ‘abhorred’). [Prob. related to base חתה ᴵᴵ.]

חוֹתֵךְ adj. NH 1 intersecting (geometry). 2 decisive. [Act. part. of חָתַךְ. See חתך.]

חוֹתָל m.n. PBH wrapping, receptacle. [From חתל.]

חוֹתֶֽלֶת f.n. NH 1 legging. NH 2 swaddling clothes (for babies). MH 3 placenta. [From חוֹתָל. For the ending see suff. ◌ֶת.]

חוֹתֵם m.n. PBH 1 signer, signatory. NH 2 subscriber. [Subst. use of the active part. of חָתַם. See חתם.]

חוֹתָם m.n. 1 seal, signet ring. 2 impression. [Prob. a loan word from Egypt. ḫtm. (= to close, to seal). cp. Aram.-Syr. חָתְמָא. Arab. ḫātam. (= seal, signet ring) is an Aram. loan word.] Derivative: חתם.

חוֹתֶֽמֶת f.n. 1 seal, signet ring. 2 stamp. [Formed from חתם (= to seal), with suff. ◌ֶת.]

חוֹתֵן m.n. wife’s faer, faer-in-law. [From חתן, properly part. of חָתַךְ. See חתך.]

חוֹתֶֽנֶת f.n. wife’s moer, moer-in-law. [f. of חוֹתֵן. For the ending see suff. ◌ֶת.]

חַזָּאוּת f.n. NH forecasting (weather). [Formed from חִזָּה (= he forecast), Pi. of חזה, with suff. ◌וּת.]

חַזַּאי m.n. NH forecaster. [Formed from חִזָּה (= he forecast), Pi. of חזה.]

חזה to see, behold.
    — Qal - חָזָה 1 he saw, beheld, perceived; 2 he prophesied.
    — Pi. - חִזָּה 1 he predicted; 2 he forecast.
    — Pu. - חֻזָּה was forecast. [Aram.-Syr. חֲזָא (= he saw), Ugar. ḥdy. (= to see), Arab. ḥazi (= astrologer). Derivatives: הִתְחַזּוּת, חַזָּאוּת, חַזַּאי, חָזוּי, חִזּוּי, חָזוֹן, חָזוּת ᴵ, חָזּוּת ᴵᴵ, חֹזִי, חֲזִיָּה, חִזָּיּוֹן, חֲזִית, מַחֲזֶה, מֶחֱזָה, מַחֲזִיָּה, מַחֲזִית, תַּחֲזִית. cp. חַזָּן.

חָזֶה m.n. (pl. חָזוֹת) breast, chest. [Related to Aram.-Syr. תַדֽיָא (= breast), Arab. ḥidhā (= front), Akka. iztu (= breast).] Derivatives: חָזִי, חָזִיָּה.

חָזוּי adj. NH 1 seen, foreseen. 2 forecast. [Pass. part. of חָזָה. See חזה.]

חִזּוּי m.n. NH 1 predicting. 2 forecasting. [Verbal n. of חִזָּה (= he forecast), Pi. of חזה.]

חָזוֹן m.n. vision, prophecy, divine revelation. (In the Bible חָזוֹן is mostly used in a collective sense and has no pl., in contradistinction to חִזָּיוֹן, which is a nomen unitatis with the pl. חֶזְיוֹנוֹת.) [Formed from חזה with ◌וֹן, suff. forming abstract nouns.] Derivative: חֲזוֹנִי.

חִזּוּן m.n. MH officiating as a cantor. [Verbal n. of חִזֵּן, Pi. of חזן.]

חֲזוֹנִי adj. NH visional. [Formed from חָזוֹן with suff. ◌ִי.]

חִזּוּק m.n. MH strengen, supporting, encouragement. [Verbal n. of חִזֵּק (= he strengened, supported, encouraged), Pi. of חזק.]

חִזּוּר m.n. PBH 1 going around. 2 courting. [Verbal n. of חִזֵּר (= he went round), Pi. of חזר.]

חָזוּת ᴵ f.n. NH 1 seeing, looking. 2 vision, prophecy. PBH 3 aspect, appearance. [Formed from חזה with suff. ◌וּת.] Derivative: חָזוּתִי.

חָזוּת ᴵᴵ f.n. contract (a hapax legomenon in the Bible, occurring Is. 28:18). [Of the same origin as חזות ᴵ. cp. חוֹזֶה ᴵᴵ.]

חָזוּתִי adj. NH optical, visual. [Formed from חָזוּת ᴵ with suff. ◌ִי.]

חזז to flash.
    — Qal - חָזַז he flashed.
    — Pi. - חִזֵּז MH 1 he caused a rain; NH 2 it flashed. [Denominated from חֲזִיז (= flash of lightning; cloud).