Hebrew words starting with chet
569 words in the Bible begin with chet (ח), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 3. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- ḥayחַיalive, living: having life rather than being dead.
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- as surely as someone lives: the fixed opening of a sworn oath.
- a living thing: an animal, most often a wild one.
- life: being alive, and the full, flourishing life that God gives.
- ḥerevחֶרֶבa cutting blade of metal or stone: above all the sword, the ordinary weapon of close combat.
- ḥameshחָמֵשׁfive: the cardinal number 5
- ḥattatחַטָּאתsin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
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- the offering for sin: the animal or rite that purges impurity and clears guilt at the sanctuary
- punishment for sin: the penalty or guilt a wrong brings down on the one who commits it
- ḥazaqחָזַקto be firm or strong, and so to make firm: to grow strong, prevail, take courage, strengthen, repair, grip, hold fast, or harden
- ḥodeshחֹדֶשׁmonth, or the new-moon day that begins it: the lunar cycle Israel used to count time, named after the moon's reappearance
- ḥayahחָיָהto live: to be alive, to go on living, or to recover life after being near death.
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- to keep alive, to spare, to restore life: to cause or allow another to go on living.
- ḥesedחֶסֶדloyal, steadfast love: kindness freely shown to someone in real need, kept faithfully within a relationship.
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- a disgrace, a shameful thing; a reproach.
- ḥayilחַיִלstrength: effective power, the capacity to act and to prevail
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- army: an armed force, the fighting men a ruler commands
- wealth: the resources, property, and substance a person or nation has amassed
- worth: capability and strength of character that make a person able and admirable
- ḥataחָטָאto sin, to do wrong: to fall short of what God or a relationship requires, incurring guilt
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- to purify, to cleanse from contamination
- ḥatserחָצֵרan enclosed open yard belonging to a larger building, especially the walled space around the tabernacle, temple, or a palace
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- an unwalled rural settlement: a cluster of dwellings out in the open country, smaller and less defended than a walled town
- ḥutsחוּץthe space outside: the area beyond an enclosure, and so the open ground, the open country, or the streets of a town
- ḥamishshimחֲמִשִּׁיםfiftynot studied yet
- ḥokhmahחׇכְמָהskilled mastery: knowing how to do a thing well, from a craft to a whole life
- ḥalalחָלַלto treat as common what is holy: to profane, defile, or strip of its sacred standing
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- to begin, to make a start at something or do it for the first time
- to pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
- to play on the pipe or flute
- ḥanahחָנָהto set up camp: to stop and settle a group in a place, whether for rest, military positioning, or protective encircling
- ḥakhamחָכָםwise: having the practical good sense and skill to live, work, and act well
- ḥomahחוֹמָהthe fortified perimeter wall of a city or settlement, and by extension any barrier that stands between danger and those it shelters
- ḥizqiyyahחִזְקִיָּהוּHezekiahnot studied yet
- ḥoqחֹקa statute: a binding rule that has been laid down and set in force, whether by God or by a human authority.
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- an allotted portion: a fixed share, ration, or due that is assigned to someone.
- a fixed limit: a boundary or bound that has been set and may not be crossed.
- ḥemahחֵמָהburning anger: hot, intense wrath that boils up and demands an outlet
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- venom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
- ḥetsiחֲצִיhalf: one of the two parts something splits into, or the point where it splits
- ḥashavחָשַׁבto think something over: to consider, weigh, and form a judgment in the mind
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- to reckon: to count something toward an account and treat it as having that value
- to devise: to plan or scheme toward an end, good or harmful
- to design: to invent and work out skilled craft or artistic plans
- ḥuqqahחֻקָּהa statute: a fixed, prescribed regulation laid down to be kept, whether a binding law, a permanent religious observance, an inherited custom, or one of the set orders of nature
- ḥamorחֲמוֹרthe male donkey, the standard beast of burden and draft animal of the ancient Near East
- ḥalalחָלָלone fatally pierced; a person run through and killed or left dying, above all the battlefield dead
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- a profaned person; someone stripped of holy standing and treated as defiled
- ḥelevחֵלֶבfat: the thick suet of an animal, the prime part set apart to be burned for God and never eaten
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- the best part: the richest, choicest portion of something
- ḥarahחָרָהto burn hot with anger: for a feeling, almost always anger, to catch fire and blaze up in someone
- ḥoshekhחֹשֶׁךְdarkness: the absence of light, and by extension the trouble, danger, death, and evil that come with it.
- ḥananחָנַןto show favor: to stoop and treat someone with undeserved kindness
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- to be loathsome, repulsive
- ḥalahחָלָהto become sick, weak, or wounded: to lose strength, whether by illness, exhaustion, or injury
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- to entreat someone's favor: to soften a superior's face, to plead and appease
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץto find pleasure in something, so that you want it and lean toward it
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- to bend or make stiff (said of an animal's tail)
- ḥareshחָרֵשׁto cut into a hard surface: to engrave, to plow, or to shape raw material, and from there to work out a scheme in the mind
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- to be silent: to hold one's peace, say nothing, or be unresponsive like a deaf person
- ḥerpahחֶרְפָּהpublic disgrace: the scorn others heap on you and the shame that then sticks to you in their eyes
- ḥevronחֶבְרוֹןHebronnot studied yet
- ḥenחֵןgracious favor freely shown by someone with power to someone without a claim on it, and the attractive quality that draws such favor out
- ḥeleqחֵלֶקportion: the share that falls to someone, whether land, goods, or one's lot in life.
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- smoothness, flattery: smooth and seductive speech that flatters in order to mislead.
- ḥalomחֲלוֹםa dream: the images and events a person experiences while asleep
- ḥalaqחָלַקto divide something into shares and hand them out: to apportion, allot, or distribute
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- to be smooth, or to make speech smooth: to flatter
- ḥevelחֶבֶלa cord or rope: a length of twisted fiber used to bind, lift, hold, or measure
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- a measured portion of land: an allotted territory or region, marked off as if by a measuring line
- a band or company: a group of people bound together as a unit
- pangs: the sharp, gripping pains of childbirth, used as an image of sudden anguish
- ḥagחַגa religious festival: an appointed, recurring day or season of communal worship and rejoicing before God
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- a festal sacrifice: the offering or victim brought to God at a festival
- ḥamasחָמָסviolence: a flagrant wrong done to another by force or injustice, especially when it sheds blood or crushes the helpless
- ḥadalחָדַלto stop: to leave off doing something, or for something to come to an end or run out
- ḥulחוּלto writhe: to twist and convulse with pain, terror, or grief, whether in the body, the heart, or the shaking ground
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- to bring forth: to give birth, or to be born, the labor-writhing carried through to the child it produces
- to dance: to whirl in a circling festal dance
- to wait, to wait longingly or in hope for someone
- ḥazaqחָזָקstrong: possessing force that does not give way, whether power that overwhelms or hardness that will not bend
- ḥazahחָזָהto see, in the heightened sense of perceiving something with full attention: to behold, gaze upon, or receive a vision
- ḥadashחָדָשׁnew: recently made or come into being, or fresh and never seen before
- ḥetsחֵץarrow: the pointed shaft shot from a bow, and by extension anything that strikes and wounds from a distance.
- ḥaramחָרַםto hand a thing over to God for good, by destroying it or by giving it up forever, so it can never return to ordinary human use
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- having a mutilated or flattened nose, said of a physical defect that bars a priest from serving at the altar
- ḥatatחָתַתto be broken, and so to be dismayed: to come apart under pressure, whether a thing that shatters or a person whose courage gives way; and to do this to someone else, to shatter or terrify them.
- ḥittiחִתִּיHittitenot studied yet
- ḥanitחֲנִיתspear: a long shafted weapon with a sharp metal head, carried for thrusting or throwing in battle
- ḥamishiחֲמִישִׁיfifth: the one that comes fifth in a counted sequence, and by extension a fifth part (one-fifth) of something
- ḥagarחָגַרto gird: to fasten something tightly around the waist with a belt or band
- ḥalavחָלָבmilk: the white liquid produced by female mammals, used as food, as a symbol of abundance, and as a figure for whiteness, intimacy, and bodily formation
- ḥalatsחָלַץto draw off or pull out: to slip something free of what holds it
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- to equip for war: to make ready and go out as an armed force
- to rescue: to pull someone out of danger or distress into safety
- ḥorbahחׇרְבָּהa ruin: a place laid waste, or the state of being laid waste
- ḥamalחָמַלto spare: to hold back from harming, destroying, or taking something that lies within one's power, often out of pity
- ḥaronחָרוֹןburning anger: wrath pictured as a fierce, blazing heat, and in the Bible almost always God's.
- ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
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- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
- ḥarevחָרֵבto dry up: for water to fail and a wet place to go dry
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- to lay waste, to be left in ruins: for a city, land, or people to be destroyed and abandoned
- ḥephetsחֵפֶץdelight: the glad pleasure a person takes in someone or something
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- desire: what a person wants, wishes for, or values
- purpose: a settled intention that one carries out, especially God's sovereign will
- matter: an affair, business, or thing one is occupied with
- ḥaradחָרַדto tremble with sudden fear: the involuntary shudder of a startled or terrified person, and (in causative form) to make someone tremble like that
- ḥederחֶדֶרan inner room: the private, enclosed chamber set deep inside a house or building, away from its public parts
- ḥeqחֵיקthe bosom: the front of the chest and the enclosing arms (reaching down to the lap), where a person holds someone or something close, and the fold of the outer robe there used as a pocket
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- the hollow base of an object: the recessed bottom or basin of the altar, and the hollow floor of a chariot
- ḥeremחֵרֶםa thing placed under God's irrevocable claim, so that it is either destroyed or given to him permanently and can never be reclaimed for ordinary use
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- a net for catching fish or prey
- ḥeshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןHeshbonnot studied yet
- ḥasahחָסָהto take refuge: to flee to someone or something for shelter and protection
- ḥarashחָרָשׁ, חֲרָשִׁיםa skilled craftsman: a trained worker who shapes a hard material such as metal, wood, or stone
- ḥazonחָזוֹןa prophetic vision: revelation that God grants a prophet or seer to see, together with the message it delivers.
- ḥamatחֲמָתHamathnot studied yet
- ḥilqiyyahחִלְקִיָּהוּHilkiahnot studied yet
- ḥavaחָבָאto hide: to take cover out of sight, to conceal or shelter another person or thing, or to be kept from view, usually to escape danger or stay safe
- ḥavashחָבַשׁto bind on: to fasten, wrap, or tie something firmly onto or around something else (a saddle onto a donkey, a bandage onto a wound, a turban onto the head)
- ḥetחֵטְאsin: a wrong that fails a rightful standard, along with the guilt it creates and the penalty it earns
- ḥasidחָסִידthe faithful, godly person: someone bound to God in loyal love and known for living it out
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- faithful, kind: said of God himself as one who keeps his loyal love
- ḥotenחֹתֵןfather-in-law: the father of a man's wife (and, in the feminine form, his wife's mother)
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- to become related to another family or people by marriage: to form a marriage alliance
- ḥinnamחִנָּםfor nothing: an act done with nothing paid for it, nothing to warrant it, or nothing gained by it
- ḥallonחַלּוֹןa window: an opening cut through a wall to let in light and air and to see or pass through
- ḥomerחֹמֶרclay: the soft, wet earth that is shaped by a potter, packed as mortar, or trodden as mire
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- a heap: a piled-up mass of things gathered together
- a homer: the largest standard dry measure in ancient Israel, roughly ten times an ephah
- ḥittahחִטָּהwheat: the main bread grain of ancient Israel, prized above barley
- ḥavarחָבַרto join two things into one: to fasten objects together, or to bind oneself to others in alliance or company
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- to bind by spells: to work enchantment by tying magical knots, the practice of a charmer
- ḥalamחָלַםto dream: to see images and receive a message while asleep, often as a channel through which God speaks.
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- to be or grow healthy and strong; to be restored to full vigor.
- ḥelqahחֶלְקָהa plot of ground: a distinct, marked-off piece of land, and by extension the share of land assigned to someone
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- smoothness: a smooth or slippery surface, and figuratively smooth, flattering speech intended to deceive
- ḥananyahחֲנַנְיָהוּHananiahnot studied yet
- ḥatsotserahחֲצֹצְרָהa trumpet: the long, straight metal trumpet blown by the priests, not a ram's horn.
- ḥalaphחָלַףto pass: to move on past, sweep through a place, come to an end, or drive clean through
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- to change: to exchange one thing for another, or put a substitute in its place
- to renew: to come up fresh again, or to gain new strength
- ḥasakhחָשַׂךְto hold back: to keep a thing from being handed over, a person from acting, or a blow from falling
- ḥavalחָבַלto take or hold something as a pledge: to seize a borrower's property as security for a debt
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- to ruin or destroy: to do violent harm, spoil, or act corruptly
- to writhe in labor: to conceive or be gripped by the pangs of giving birth
- ḥakhamחָכַםto be wise: to have, gain, or give the practical skill of living well
- ḥaqarחָקַרto search out thoroughly: to probe something to its farthest reach in order to uncover what is hidden, whether a place, a legal case, a mystery, or a person's inner life
- ḥatamחָתַםto seal: to press a seal onto something in order to authorize it, secure it shut, or close it off
- ḥivviחִוִּיHivitenot studied yet
- ḥitsonחִיצוֹןouter: on the outside of something, as opposed to what is inner or inside
- ḥamadחָמַדto find something desirable and want it, a wanting that can run all the way from quiet delight to a craving that reaches out to take
- ḥatsavחָצַבto hew: to cut into hard rock by striking it, breaking off or hollowing out the stone
- ḥoshenחֹשֶׁןthe breastpiece: the ornamented cloth pouch worn on the chest by Israel's high priest, set with twelve engraved stones and holding the objects used to seek God's decisions.
- ḥusחוּסto spare: to look on something with concern and hold back from harming or giving it up
- ḥoliחֳלִיa sickness: an illness or disease of the body, and by extension the suffering or ruin that sickness pictures.
- ḥolחוֹלsand: the loose, grainy material of a seashore or desert.
- ḥaza'elחֲזָהאֵלHazaelnot studied yet
- ḥaserחָסֵרto be short of something needed, to lack or run low; and so to make something or someone fall short, to deprive
- ḥaphasחָפַשׂto search out: to look through a place, a person, or a matter thoroughly in order to bring to light what is hidden
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- to disguise oneself: to change one's appearance so as not to be recognized
- ḥiramחִירָםHiramnot studied yet
- ḥapharחָפַרto dig: to break open the ground to make a well, pit, or hole
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- to search out: to explore or scout a place to learn what it holds
- ḥalilahחָלִילָהfar be it!: a flat, horrified refusal that rules an act out as unthinkable
- ḥemdahחֶמְדָּהdesire, and the precious or delightful thing that desire fixes on
- ḥamamחָמַםto be or become warm, to grow hot: heat rising in a body, an object, or a feeling, short of open flame
- ḥatsirחָצִירgrass: the green herbage of the field, the fodder that springs up and quickly dries away
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- leek: the edible green onion-like plant remembered from Egypt
- ḥushחוּשׁto hurry: to move or act with urgent speed, or to make something happen quickly
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- to feel or enjoy: to take in pleasure with the senses
- ḥatanחָתָןson-in-law: a man who has married a family's daughter and so joined that family by marriage
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- bridegroom: a man on or near his wedding day
- ḥattaחַטָּאa sinner: a person, or a people, marked out as guilty of sin, and so counted among the wicked rather than the righteous.
- ḥaqaqחָקַקto cut into a hard surface, and so to lay down as fixed: to engrave or inscribe, and by extension to decree, prescribe, or enact
- ḥarutsחָרוּץsharp, cut: a sharp-toothed threshing sledge, or a body cut and mutilated
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- diligent: keen and industrious in effort, the opposite of the lazy
- gold: a poetic word for the precious metal
- decision: a sharp verdict handed down
- ḥekhחֵךְthe palate: the roof of the mouth, named as the organ of both tasting and speaking
- ḥatsorחָצוֹרHazornot studied yet
- ḥetsronחֶצְרוֹןHezronnot studied yet
- ḥozehחֹזֶהa seer: a prophet who receives God's message through visions
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- an agreement or binding pact
- ḥidahחִידָהa riddle: a deliberately enigmatic saying whose meaning is hidden and has to be worked out or interpreted
- ḥaserחָסֵרlacking: short of something needed, in want of it, or deprived of it
- ḥapherחָפֵרto be publicly disgraced: to be shamed, confounded, or left exposed when hope or help fails
- ḥophshiחׇפְשִׁיfree: released from slavery, obligation, or bondage, and so no longer owned or bound
- ḥorevחֹרֵבHorebnot studied yet
- ḥeresחֶרֶשׂfired clay: baked earthenware pottery, and the broken shards left when it shatters
- ḥashakhחָשַׁךְto grow dark or to make dark: for light to fail, or to be blotted out
- ḥagagחָגַגto keep a pilgrimage festival; to celebrate an appointed sacred feast
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- to reel, stagger, or whirl about
- ḥamחָםHamnot studied yet
- ḥanokhחֲנוֹךְEnoch (also spelled Hanoch in English): a man's name, most likely meaning "dedicated" or "set apart", carried by four unrelated men, the best known being the man who walked with God and was taken by him
- ḥorevחֹרֶבdryness at its harshest: the scorching heat of the sun, the drought of withheld rain, or a place dried up into ruin
- ḥashahחָשָׁהto hold one's peace: to keep silent, or to stay still and do nothing
- ḥurחוּרHurnot studied yet
- ḥatsahחָצָהto divide something into parts, especially into two, and so to reach a halfway point
- ḥashavyahחֲשַׁבְיָהוּHashabiahnot studied yet
- ḥushayחוּשַׁיHushainot studied yet
- ḥotamחֹתָםa seal or signet: the small engraved stone or ring, worn on the body, that a person pressed onto documents and goods to mark them as his own.
- ḥakhahחָכָהto wait: to hold still in expectation, counting on someone or something to come or to act
- ḥallahחַלָּהa round loaf of baked bread shaped by hand, in the Bible almost always one of the flour cakes brought as an offering
- ḥetחֵתHethnot studied yet
- ḥavaqחָבַקto embrace: to wrap the arms around someone or something and hold them close
- ḥuramחוּרָםHiramnot studied yet
- ḥazehחָזֶהthe breast of a sacrificial animal: the front cut presented to God and then kept by the priests as their portion
- ḥamorחֲמוֹרHamornot studied yet
- ḥannahחַנָּהHannahnot studied yet
- ḥannunחַנּוּןgracious: characteristically and freely inclined to turn toward the needy with real help
- ḥanephחָנֵףgodless: a person cut off from God by moral corruption; impious, profane, defiled.
- ḥorחֹרa noble: one of the free-born leading men of a town or province, whose weight came from his family and his land rather than from an appointment.
- ḥermonחֶרְמוֹן(Mount) Hermonnot studied yet
- ḥaverחָבֵרa companion or partner: someone joined to another by a shared bond, a common undertaking, or an alliance.
- ḥo'aḥחוֹחַa prickly wild plant: a thornbush, thistle, or bramble of the sort that overruns neglected ground
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- a hook or piercing ring: a metal barb driven through the jaw or nose to hold and lead a captive or a beast
- ḥaliphahחֲלִיפָהa change: something fresh that takes the place of what was there before, whether clothing, a work shift, or a turn in someone's situation
- ḥananחָנָןHanannot studied yet
- ḥaphahחָפָהto put a covering over a surface: to cover a person's head or face, or to clad a wall or object with a layer of gold, silver, or fine wood
- ḥaphetsחָפֵץdrawn toward something with pleasure or desire: delighting in it, wanting it, or being willing to do it
- ḥeqerחֵקֶרa searching out: the probing of a matter to get to the bottom of it, or the hidden bottom such probing is trying to reach
- ḥaranחָרָןHaran: the caravan city of upper Mesopotamia where Abraham's family settled and where Jacob later took refuge.
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- Haran: a son of Caleb by Ephah, listed among the families of Judah.
- ḥeverחֶבֶרHeber: a man's name written with the same letters as the Hebrew words for joining and companionship, carried by four unrelated men, the best known being the Kenite in whose tent Jael killed the enemy commander Sisera.
- ḥamotחֲמוֹתmother-in-law: the mother of a woman's husband, the senior woman of the household that woman has married into
- ḥametsחָמֵץwhat is leavened: bread or dough that has fermented and risen, rather than the starter that raises it
- ḥanunחָנוּןHanunnot studied yet
- ḥananiחֲנָנִיHananinot studied yet
- ḥanephחָנֵףto defile, or to be defiled: to spoil a land by bloodshed and unfaithfulness until it can no longer hold God's presence, and to turn a person godless
- ḥartomחַרְטֹםa learned priestly expert in sacred and hidden arts, skilled at interpreting dreams, working ritual magic, and divining; the specialist a pagan king keeps on staff.
- ḥarimחָרִםHarimnot studied yet
- ḥaratsחָרַץto whet to a sharp edge; used in the Bible only of sharpening the tongue at someone, the way a dog growls before it bites
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- to settle a matter by cutting it off: to decide, determine, or decree, so that the outcome is fixed and cannot be reopened
- ḥasaphחָשַׂףto strip something bare: to pull away what covers it so that it stands exposed
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- to draw off liquid: to scoop water or wine out of the vessel that holds it
- ḥashaqחָשַׁקto set one's heart on someone or something: to be bound to in a strong, chosen attachment, whether love, desire, or longing.
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- to fasten or furnish with bands: to join the tabernacle pillars with silver connecting bands.
- ḥadashחָדַשׁto make something new again: to repair, restore, or bring back to fresh condition what is already there
- ḥalatsחָלָץthe loins: the lower back and hips, the place a belt is tied and the place a man's children are said to come from
- ḥomחֹםheat: warmth felt in the air, in the seasons, or in a thing, and so also the hottest stretch of the day
- ḥemahחֶמְאָהcurds: milk that has soured and thickened into a rich, tangy food, the everyday dairy staple of a herding household
- ḥarevחָרֵבdry: food that has had no oil or moisture added to it
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- desolate: emptied out and left in ruins, said of a city, a countryside, or a building
- ḥararחָרַרto burn dry: to be scorched, charred, or parched by fire or heat
- ḥizzavonחִזָּיוֹןa vision: a revelatory seeing granted by God, through which a message or word is made known.
- ḥatavחָטַבto cut wood: to fell trees and gather timber or firewood, and so to cut something into shape.
- ḥaphazחָפַזto panic: to be jolted by sudden fear, and usually to bolt because of it
- ḥepherחֵפֶרHephernot studied yet
- ḥaradahחֲרָדָהtrembling brought on by fear: the shudder of terror that grips a body, a crowd, or the heart, and by extension the anxious trouble taken on another's behalf
- ḥormahחׇרְמָהHormahnot studied yet
- ḥereshחֵרֵשׁdeaf: unable to hear
- hagorahחֲגוֹרָהa belt or sash tied around the waist, ranging from a makeshift covering to a soldier's gear to a woman's fine accessory.
- ḥauvot ya'irחַוּוֹת יָעִירHavvoth-jairnot studied yet
- ḥata'ahחֲטָאָהsin: a wrong act and the guilt it leaves, usually a grave one whose damage spreads past the person who did it
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- the offering for sin: the sacrifice that clears a wrong away, called by the same word as the wrong itself
- ḥammanחַמָּןa piece of forbidden worship equipment that stood on or beside an altar at a shrine, most likely a small stand for burning incense
- ḥamasחָמַסto do violence: to handle a person or thing with ruthless force, wronging them or stripping them bare
- ḥametsחָמֵץto ferment: to turn sour and rise, the way dough does once leaven is working in it
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- to be deep red: stained a strong crimson, said of clothing
- to be ruthless: to crush another person without pity
- ḥanukkahחֲנֻכָּהdedication: the ceremony that opens something newly built or newly repaired for its use in worship, and the gifts brought to mark it
- ḥatsar shu'alחֲצַר שׁוּעָלHazar-shualnot studied yet
- ḥaravahחָרָבָהdry ground: bare, waterless ground, especially a seabed or riverbed left exposed when the water is driven back
- ḥeshevחֵשֶׁבthe designed waistband of the high priest's ephod: a richly woven belt made in one piece with the vestment it holds in place.
- ḥashuqחָשׁוּקringnot studied yet
- ḥittitחִתִּיתterror as a great power projects it: the dread a conquering nation lays on everyone within reach
- ḥatarחָתַרto tunnel through a barrier: to bore a hole in the wall of a house, and so to force a way through whatever blocks passage
- ḥabburahחַבּוּרָהa bruise or welt: the discolored mark a blow leaves on the skin, where blood pools underneath without the skin being broken open
- ḥutחוּטa thread: one thin spun strand of wool or flax, and by extension a light cord or a measuring line
- ḥavilahחֲוִילָהHavilah: a gold country somewhere on the Arabian side of the ancient world, the people who lived there, and the ancestor the family lists trace them to
- ḥophחוֹףseashore: the band of land running along the sea, whether as a place to settle, a coastal region of a country, or a beach where ships put in
- ḥorחֹרa hole: an opening or hollow, whether bored through a surface or worn into the ground
- ḥazirחֲזִירa pig: the farmyard swine Israel was forbidden to eat, and also the wild boar of the forest
- ḥaḥחַחa metal hook or ring put through something to hold it: the ring set in a captive's nose or jaws to lead him, and the small gold ring worn as an ornament
- ḥelחֵלa rampart: the low outer defense ringing a fortified city, set in front of its main wall
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- a company of people: the body of Israelite exiles promised a return in Obadiah