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חָח

chach · hook, ring

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2397 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

chach (חָח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hook, ring”.

Ring or brooch; ring for the nose; hook.

How to say it

chach

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A nose ring; also a pin-on ornament.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • hooks ×4
  • hook ×2
  • brooches ×1

Where it appears

  • Exodus 35:22

    And they came, the men with the women, all who were generous of heart; they brought brooches and earrings and rings and necklaces, all kinds of articles of gold; and every man who waved a wave offering of gold to YHWH.

  • 2 Kings 19:28

    Because your raging against me and your arrogance have come up into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.”

  • Isaiah 37:29

    Because your raging against me and your arrogance have come up into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.”

  • Ezekiel 19:4

    And the nations heard of him; in their pit he was caught, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt.

  • Ezekiel 19:9

    And they put him in the cage with hooks and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him in snares, so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel.

  • Ezekiel 29:4

    And I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will make the fish of your channels stick to your scales; and I will bring you up from the midst of your channels, and all the fish of your channels will stick to your scales.

  • Ezekiel 38:4

    And I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws, and I will bring out you and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed splendidly, a great assembly, with large shield and shield, wielding swords, all of them;