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H2441חֵךְchekh

palatePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 2
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. 3
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. 1
  26. 1
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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18 occurrences in 18 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Job 6:30

    Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?

    חִ֝כִּ֗י (חִ֝כִּ֗) chi.K “palate”

  2. Job 12:11

    Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?

    וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ (חֵ֗ךְ) Chekh “a palate”

  3. Job 20:13

    Though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth;

    חִכּֽוֹ׃ (חִכּֽ) chi.K “mouth”

  4. Job 29:10

    The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth.

    לְחִכָּ֥ם (חִכָּ֥) chi.Ka “palate”

  5. Job 31:30

    Yea, I suffered not my mouth to sin by asking his life with a curse.

    חִכִּ֑י (חִכִּ֑) chi.K “palate”

  6. Job 33:2

    Behold now, I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.

    בְחִכִּֽי׃ (חִכִּֽ) chi.K “palate”

  7. Job 34:3

    For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

    וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ (חֵ֗ךְ) Chekh “[the] palate”

  8. Psalms 119:103

    How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    לְ֭חִכִּי (חִכִּ) chi.k “palate”

  9. Psalms 137:6

    Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy.

    לְחִכִּי֮ (חִכִּ) chi.K “palate”

  10. Proverbs 5:3

    For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

    חִכָּֽהּ׃ (חִכָּֽ) chi.Ka “mouth”

  11. Proverbs 8:7

    For my mouth shall utter truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

    חִכִּ֑י (חִכִּ֑) chi.K “palate”

  12. Proverbs 24:13

    My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to thy taste;

    חִכֶּֽךָ׃ (חִכֶּֽ) chi.Ke. “palate”

  13. Song of Songs 2:3

    As an apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. Under its shadow I delighted to sit, and its fruit was sweet to my taste.

    לְחִכִּֽי׃ (חִכִּֽ) chi.K “palate”

  14. Song of Songs 5:16

    His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'

    חִכּוֹ֙ (חִכּ) chi.K “mouth”

  15. Song of Songs 7:10

    And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.'

    וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ (חִכֵּ֕) chi.Ke “mouth”

  16. Lamentations 4:4

    The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, and none breaketh it unto them.

    חכּ֖וֹ (חכּ֖) chi.K “palate”

  17. Ezekiel 3:26

    and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.

    חִכֶּ֔ךָ (חִכֶּ֔) chi.Ke. “palate”

  18. Hosea 8:1

    Set the horn to thy mouth. As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.

    חִכְּךָ֣ (חִכְּ) chi.ke. “mouth”