חַכָּהchakkâh

a hook (as adhering)

Pronunciation: khak-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2443

Meanings

fastened in jaw, fish-hook (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חַכְּתָא) — absolute ׳ ח Job 40:25 + 2 t.; — כָּלמַֿשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאֹר חַכָּ֑ה Isa 19:8 (|| הַדַּיָּגִים), כֻּלֹה בְּחַכָּה הֵעֲלָה Hab 1:15 (of אדם, who, Hab 1:14, is compare to דְּגֵּי הַיָּם, and רֶמֶשׂ), compare תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּ֑ה Job 40:25. (Job 40:25; Isaiah 19:8; Habakkuk 1:15; Habakkuk 1:14)

Same root

חָכָהchâkâh · H2442properly, to adhere to; hence, to await

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

Job 41:1 “Can you catch Leviathan with a hook or put a noose around its jaw?
Isaiah 19:8 The fishermen will lament for lack of work. Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan, and those who use nets will lose heart.
Habakkuk 1:15 Must we be strung up on their hooks and caught in their nets while they rejoice and celebrate?

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).