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 →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חוֹף²: shore, coast tree →

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 · 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 · 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.

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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).

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