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חוּט

«חוּט» in the Tanakh dictionary: thread — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 7 times · Key: 2339 · BDB: חוּט

Glosses

thread (3); a.line (2); a.thread (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

thread tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. thread, cord, line cord tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Jos 2:18 thread, cord, line (NH id.; Arabic خَيْطٌ, Aramaic ܚܽܘܛܳܐ, חוּטָא)—ח׳ abs. Gn 14:23 + 2 times; cstr. Jos 2:18 + 3 times;— thread, as easily broken Ju 16:12 (sim.); as composing a rope or cord; תִּקְוַת ח׳ הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה Jos 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (lit. the cord of this thread of scarlet); prob. also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֹךְ נַעַל Gn 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in sim. כְּח׳ הַשָּׁנִי Ct 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips. cord, הַח׳ הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ Ec 4:12 a three-fold cord. line, as measure of length 1 K 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (cf. קָו v 23), so Je 52:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חוּט» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Ecclesiastes 4:12

וְאִֽם־יִתְקְפוֹ֙ הָאֶחָ֔ד הַשְּׁנַ֖יִם יַעַמְד֣וּ נֶגְדּ֑וֹ וְהַחוּט֙ הַֽמְשֻׁלָּ֔שׁ לֹ֥א בִמְהֵרָ֖ה יִנָּתֵֽק׃

Word for word: and though someone will.overpower.him the.one [person] the.two [people] they.will.stand before him and the thread (the) threefold not (in) quickly it.will.be.torn.apart

JPS 1917: And if a man prevail against him that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Song of Songs 4:3

כְּח֤וּט הַשָּׁנִי֙ שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ נָאוֶ֑ה כְּפֶ֤לַח הָֽרִמּוֹן֙ רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ מִבַּ֖עַד לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃

Word for word: [are].like.(the) thread of.(the) scarlet lips your and mouth(s) your [is].lovely [is].like.(the) slice of.(the) pomegranate temple your from behind to veil your

JPS 1917: Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

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