Lexical Definition

‎חַכָּה‎ chakkâh (khak-kaw') hook ^H:N-F
probably from ‎חָכָה‎

angle, hook.

• a hook (as adhering)

1) hook, angle, hook fastened in jaw, fish hook

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַכָּה‎ noun feminine hook fastened in jaw, fish-hook (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎חַכְּתָא‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Job 40:25* + 2 t.; — ‎כָּלמַֿשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאֹר חַכָּ֑ה‎ Isa 19:8 (|| ‎הַדַּיָּגִים‎), ‎כֻּלֹה‎ ‎בְּחַכָּה הֵעֲלָה‎ Hab 1:15 (of ‎אדם‎, who, vHab 1:14, is compare to ‎דְּגֵּי הַיָּם‎, and ‎רֶמֶשׂ‎), compare ‎תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּ֑ה‎ Job 40:25*. ‎חִנָּם‎ see below ‎חנן‎

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