Word Study · Strong's H2330 · Hebrew
חוּד
chud
khood
Strong's 1890 spelling: chûwd
“properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle
Rendered in the KJV as
put forth.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- אָחֽוּדָה־1
- חַ֙דְתָּ֙1
- ח֥וּד1
- ח֥וּדָה1
How it is rendered · 4
- ask [the] riddle !1
- ask a riddle1
- let me ask a riddle1
- you have asked [the] riddle1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic he1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqc1cs · 1
- HVqp2ms · 1
- HVqv2ms · 1
- HVqv2ms/Sh · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 14:12אָחֽוּדָה־ʾachudah-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.here: let me ask a riddle
- Judges 14:13ח֥וּדָהchudahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic heBut if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”here: ask [the] riddle !
- Judges 14:16חַ֙דְתָּ֙chadtaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularThen Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”here: you have asked [the] riddle