חך

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܚܸܟܿܵܐ (ḥekkā), Arabic حَنَك (ḥanak).

Noun

חֵךְ • (khékh) m

1. palate, roof of the mouth
   • Tanach, Psalms 137:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     תִּדְבַּק־לְשׁוֹנִי לְחִכִּי אִם־לֹא אֶזְכְּרֵכִי אִם־לֹא אַעֲלֶה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלִַם עַל רֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתִי׃

     tidbak-l'shoní l'khikí 'im-ló 'ezk'rékhi 'im-ló 'a'alé 'et-y'rushaláyim 'ál rósh simkhatí.
     tiḏbaq-ləšōnī ləḥikkī ʾim-lō ʾezkərḗḵī ʾim-lō ʾaʿăle ʾeṯ-yərūšāláyim ʿal rōš śimḥāṯī.

     Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy.

Declension

Declension of חֵךְ

	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
				m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	חֵךְ	first	חיכי / חִכִּי		חיכנו / חִכֵּנוּ
	definite	הַחֵךְ	second	חיכך / חִכְּךָ	חיכך / חִכֵּךְ	חיככם / חִכְּכֶם	חיככן / חִכְּכֶן
	construct	חֵךְ־	third	חיכו / חִכּוֹ	חיכה / חִכָּהּ	חיכם / חִכָּם	חיכן / חִכָּן

Derived terms

• עָרֵב לַחֵךְ (arév lakhékh)