Lexical Definition

‎חָבַק‎ châbaq (khaw-bak') to embrace ^H:V
a primitive root

embrace, fold.

• to clasp (the hands or in embrace)

1) to embrace, clasp
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to embrace
1a2) to fold one's hands in idleness (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to embrace

See Greek: περιβάλλω · συνέρχομαι · συνέχω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָבַק‎] verb clasp, embrace (Late Hebrew id.; ᵑ7 ‎חַבֵּק‎; Mandean , NSyriac ; Arabic II. collect one's possessions, etc., Frey) —

Qal Infinitive ‎לַחֲבוֺק‎ Eccl 3:5 Participle ‎חֹבֵּק‎ Eccl 4:5 ‎חֹבֶקֶת‎ 2Kgs 4:16 — embrace, with accusative ‎בֵּן‎ 2Kgs 4:16 ‎יָדָיו‎ Eccl 4:5 (said of ‎הַכְּסִיל‎ = fold his arms, i.e. be idle; compare ‎חִבֻּק‎); no object expressed Eccl 3:5 (|| Pi`el). Pi`el Perfect ‎חִבְּקוּ‎ Job 24:8; Lam 4:5 Imperfect ‎וַיְחַבֵּק‎ Gen 48:10 ‎וַיְחַבֶּקֿ‎ Gen 29:13 ‎וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ‎ Gen 33:4 3 feminine singular suffix ‎תְּחַבְּקֵ֫נִי‎ Song 2:6; Song 8:3 2 masculine singular ‎וּתְחַבֵּק‎ Prov 5:20, suffix ‎תְּחַבְּקֶ֫נָּה‎ Prov 4:8 Infinitive ‎חַבֵּק‎ Eccl 3:5 — embrace of person, no object ‎עת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק‎ Eccl 3:5 (|| Qal); followed by ‎לְ‎ Gen 29:13 (J), Gen 48:10 (E); followed by suffix Gen 33:4 (J), Prov 4:8; Song 2:6; Song 8:3 with accusative Prov 5:20 embrace ‎צוּר‎ for want of shelter Job 24:8 (of poor); embrace refuse-heaps ‎אשׁפתות‎ Lam 4:5, i.e. are outcasts.

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