חוֹף
chôwph · khofe
a cove (as a sheltered bay)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to cover;
a cove (as a sheltered bay)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: coast (of the sea), haven, shore, (sea-) side.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to speak, the word
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חוֹף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shore2 · 29%
- at the haven1 · 14%
- and he shall be for an haven1 · 14%
- side1 · 14%
- and in all the coasts1 · 14%
- coast1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.