חוּד
chûwd · H2330 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to tell a riddle
Action by which humans make a statement phrased in such a way that it requires ingenuity to understand what it means
ExamplesJudges 14:12 Then Samson said to them, “Let me now propose a riddle for you; if you actually tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast, and solve it, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty outfits of clothes.
Judges 14:13 “But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty outfits of clothes.” And they said to him, “Propose your riddle, so that we may hear it.”
Judges 14:16 So Samson’s wife wept in front of him and said, “You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have proposed a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me.” And he said to her, “Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 3
- Not stated: I 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 1 groups
- חִידָהriddle 4
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for+ בֵּןson 1
- לto/for+ כֶםyou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- προβάλλω probállō · G4261 · to sprout, to sprout leaves
- Greek verb with same core sense of 'putting forth' or 'bringing forward,' used in contexts like putting forth leaves (Luke 21:30) or proposing questions/riddles, directly translating the Hebrew חוּד in its 'put forth' sense.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Speak002004001009008
- The verb is used specifically of putting forth or propounding a riddle in speech, as Samson tells the Philistines, "Let me now propose a riddle for you" (Judges 14:12).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2330. chud II. [חוּד] verb denominative propound a riddle; — Qal Perfect2masculine…
II. [חוּד] verb denominative propound a riddle; —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular חַדְתָּה Jdg 14:16; Imperfect אָח֫וּדָה Jdg 14:12; Imperative (מָשָׁל וּמְשֹׁל חִידָה) חוּד Eze 17:2; חוּ֫דָה Jdg 14:13; always with חידה accusative of congnate meaning with verb
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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