חוּט noun masculine^{Joshua 2:18} thread, cord, line (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic , Aramaic , חוּטָא) — ׳ח absolute Genesis 14:23 2t.; construct Joshua 2:18+ 3t.; —

1 thread, as easily broken Judges 16:12 (simile); as composing a rope or cord; הַשָּׁנִי הַזֶּה ׳תִּקְוַת ח Joshua 2:18 (JE) this cord of scarlet thread (literally the cord of this thread of scarlet); probably also מִחוּט וְעַד שְׂרוֺךְ נַעַל Genesis 14:23 from a thread to a sandal-thong; in simile ׳כְּח הַשָּׁנִי Songs 4:3 like a thread of scarlet are thy lips.

2 cord, הַמְּשֻׁלָּשׁ ׳הַח Ecclesiastes 4:12 a three-fold cord.

3 line, as measure of length 1 Kings 7:15 and a line of twelve cubits surrounded (i.e. would surround) it (compare קָו 1 Kings 7:23), so Jeremiah 52:21.

חִוִּי see below II. חוה.

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