Lexical Definition

‎חֵיק‎ chêyq (khake) bosom: embrace ^H:N-M
or חֵק chêq (khake); and חוֹק chôwq (khoke); from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose

bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.

• the bosom (literally or figuratively)

1) bosom, hollow, bottom, midst

See Greek: ἀγκάλη · βάθος · κόλπος

Extended Information

meaning of: חֵיק

• : lap/base
• A sub-meaning of cheq (‎ח‎ֵ‎יק‎ ": embrace" חֵיק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חוק‎] noun [masculine] bosom, Ps 74:11 Kt ‎חוקך‎ (but read Qr ‎חֵיקְךָ‎, see following).

‎חֵיק‎, ‎חֵק‎ noun [masculine] bosom (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute ‎חֵיק‎ Ezek 43:17; Prov 16:33 + Ezek 43:13 (Co ‎חיקו‎, compare ZKW^{1883, pp. 67ff.}; ‎חֵיקֹה‎ Dr^{Sm xxxi}), ‎חֵק‎ Prov 21:14 construct ‎חֵיק‎ 1Kgs 22:35 + 3 t. + Ezek 43:14 (Co ‎חיקו‎) ‎חֵק‎ Prov 5:20 (omitted by accident in Baer, compare Str^{on the passage}) Prov 17:23 suffix ‎חֵיקִי‎ 1Kgs 3:20; Ps 89:51* ‎חֵקִי‎ Job 19:27 etc.; elsewhere always plene with suffix; ‎חוקף‎ Kt Ps 74:11 (Qr ‎חֵיקְךָ‎); — bosom, specifically

1. of fold of garment, at breast Exod 4:6 (twice in verse); Exod 4:7 (3 t. in verse) (all J), Prov 6:27; Prov 16:33, metaphor of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 74:11 ‎׳‎‎שֹׁחַד בח‎ Prov 21:14 is a hidden reward (concealed in bosom; || ‎מַתָּן בַּסֵּתֶר‎); ‎שֹׁחַד טֵחֵק‎ Prov 17:23 is a gift secretly given; figurative, requite into bosom Isa 65:6; Isa 65:7; Ps 35:13; Ps 79:12; Jer 32:18.

2. carry (‎נָשָׂא‎) in bosom, Moses the people Num 11:12 (JE); Naomi, Ruth's child Ruth 4:16, compare 1Kgs 3:20 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 17:19 ewe lamb 2Sam 12:3; Isa 40:11 (metaphor); Lam 2:12 of infants dying in their mothers' arms; figurative of carrying insults in one's bosom Ps 89:51* (read probably ‎כְּלִמַּת‎ for ‎כֹּל‎, see Bi Che).

3. bosom as part of body:
a. external, lie in bosom, of wife ‎שׁככת‎ Mic 7:5, compare 2Sam 12:8 concubine Gen 16:5 (J) compare 1Kgs 1:2 ‎אֵשֶׁת חיק(ךׅ‎ Deut 13:7*; Deut 28:54, compare also Prov 5:20 ‎תְּחַבֵּק חֵק נָכְּרִיָה‎; ‎אֹישׁ חֵיקָהּ‎ Deut 28:56.
b. internal, anger resteth ‎כסילים‎ ‎׳‎‎בה‎ Eccl 7:9 ‎כָּלוּ כִלְֹיתַי‎ ‎בְּחֵקִי‎ Job 19:27 my reins are consumed within me; Job 23:12 (read ‎בְּחֵקִי‎ for ‎מֵחֻקִּי‎, so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Ol Me Stu Di) in my breast have I hidden the words of his mouth (compare ‎בְּלִבִּי‎ Ps 119:11); figurative of interior of chariot 1Kgs 22:35 ‎הרכב‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎; of hollow bottom of altar Ezek 43:13; Ezek 43:14; Ezek 43:17 (Sm Rinne; Co Grundeinfassung).

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