Lexical Definition

‎חָח‎ châch (khawkh) hook ^H:N-M
once (Ezekiel 29:4) חָחִי châchîy (khakh-ee'); from the same as ‎חוֹחַ‎

bracelet, chain, hook.

• a ring for the nose (or lips)

1) hook, ring, fetter, brooch
1a) hook, ring (in nose of captive)
1b) hook, ring (as jewellery)
1b1) nose ring
1b2) bracelet

See Greek: ἄγκιστρον · σφραγίς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַח‎ noun masculine hook, ring, fetter; — ‎חַח‎ absolute Exod 35:22 suffix ‎חַחִי‎ Isa 37:29; 2Kgs 19:28 plural ‎חַחִים‎ Ezek 19:4 + 2 t. + Ezek 29:4 Qr (Kt erroneous ‎חחיים‎, see below); —

1. hook, ring, in nose of captive ‎וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי‎ ‎בְּאַפֶּ֑ךָ‎ Isa 37:29 = 2Kgs 19:28 (compare ‎בַּחֹחִים‎ 2Chr 33:11, see ‎חוֺחַ‎ above); so of princes of Judah, under figure of young lions Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:9 (in vEzek 19:9 transp:, so that ‎בחחים‎ following ‎הביא‎ as vEzek 19:4 so Co); in jaws of crocodile (metaphor of Pharaoh), with ‎נתן‎ Ezek 29:4, compare Ezek 38:4 (but ᵐ5 omits and sense opposes, compare Co and — dubious — Da).

2. hook, ring as ornament, perhaps nose-ring (others brooch, see VB), Exod 35:22 (P; || ‎נֶזֶם‎, ‎טַבַּעַת‎, ‎כּוּמָז‎).

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