חוף
Aramaic
Verb
חוף • (transliteration needed)
- to wash
Hebrew
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ח־ו־ף (kh-w-p) |
| 1 term |
From Aramaic חוֹפָא (ḥōfā, “border, rim”). Cognate with Arabic حَافَة (ḥāfa).
Pronunciation
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ħoːf]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χof/
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Noun
חוֹף • (khof) m (plural indefinite חוֹפִים, singular construct חוֹף־, plural construct חוֹפֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חוֹף | first | חוֹפִי | חוֹפֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחוֹף | second | חוֹפְךָ | חוֹפֵךְ | חוֹפְכֶם | חוֹפְכֶן | |
| construct | חוֹף־ | third | חוֹפוֹ | חוֹפָהּ | חוֹפָם | חוֹפָן | |
| plural | indefinite | חוֹפִים | first | חופיי / חוֹפַי | חוֹפֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחוֹפִים | second | חוֹפֶיךָ | חופייך / חוֹפַיִךְ | חוֹפֵיכֶם | חוֹפֵיכֶן | |
| construct | חוֹפֵי־ | third | חוֹפָיו | חוֹפֶיהָ | חוֹפֵיהֶם | חוֹפֵיהֶן | |
Derived terms
- חוֹף הַשֶּׁנְהָב (khof ha-shenháv, “Ivory Coast”)
- כדורעף חופים (kadur'af khofim)
References
- H2348 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Klein, Ernest (1987) “חוֹף”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 211a
- “חוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language