Lexical Definition

‎חֵךְ‎ chêk (khake) palate ^H:N-M
probably from ‎חָנַךְ‎ in the sense of tasting

(roof of the) mouth, taste.

• properly, the palate or inside of the mouth
• hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)

1) mouth, palate, taste, gums

See Greek: λάρυγξ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֵךְ‎ noun masculine palate, roof of mouth, gums (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic ‎חִכָּא‎ Arabic palate, roof of mouth, jaws, lower part of mouth, lower jaw of horse, mouth, etc. Lane⁶⁵⁹ Dozy^{i. 332}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 12:11; Job 34:3 suffix ‎חִכִּי‎ Prov 8:7 + 6 t., ‎חִכְּךָ‎ Hos 8:1, ‎חִכֶּ֑ךָ‎ Ezek 3:26; Prov 24:13 chiefly in poetry, especially Wisdom Literature: — ‎חִכֵךְ‎ Song 7:10*, ‎חִכּוֺ‎ Lam 4:4 + 2 t., ‎חִכָּהּ‎ Prov 5:3, ‎חִכָּם‎ Job 29:10 — palate, roof of mouth:
a. ‎אֶלחִֿכְּךָ שֹׁפָר‎ Hos 8:1 a trumpet to thy palate! (or gums; as in English, to thy lips); often with ‎לָשׁוֺן‎, tongue clings (‎דבק‎) to ‎חך‎, expression for speechlessness Ezek 3:26; Job 29:10, as imprecation Ps 137:6 for the parching of extreme thirst Lam 4:4 (‎בַּצָּמָא‎), compare Ps 22:16* ᵑ0 ‎יָבֵּשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׂ כֹּחִי‎ read ‎חִכִּי‎ for ‎כחי‎ see Che^{critical note} (|| ‎לְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י‎).
b. as organ of speech Prov 5:3; Prov 8:7 (both || ‎שְׂפָתַיִם‎), Job 31:30; Job 33:2 ‎דִּבְּרָה לְשׁוֺנִי בְחִכִּי‎ (|| ‎פָּתַחְתִּי פִי‎).
c. as organ of taste Job 12:11; Job 34:3, ‎פִּרְיוֺ מָתוֺק לְחִכִּי‎ Song 2:3 his fruit was sweet to my palate, Prov 24:13 (implied simile of wisdom as sweet to the soul); figurative of God's words as sweet ‎׳‎‎לְח‎ Ps 119:103 (|| ‎פִּי‎); of taste as distinguishing misfortunes Job 6:30 (|| ‎לָשׁוֺן‎; > others of speech); of keeping wickedness ‎׳‎‎בְּתוֺךְ ח‎ Job 20:18 (|| ‎תַּחַת לָשׁוֺן‎), i.e. delighting in and prolonging the taste of it.
d. nearly = mouth, as an element in personal sweetness and beauty Song 5:16; Song 7:10*.

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