חָשַׁקchâshaq
חָשַׁק: be attached to, love
Pronunciation: khaw-shak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2836
Meanings
Qal: be attached to, only figurative = love (Deuteronomy 7:7; Genesis 34:8; Isaiah 38:17)
חשׁק: furnish with fillets or rings
Pu`al: finished with silver fillets (Exodus 27:17; Exodus 38:17)
Same root
- חָשַׂךְchâsak · H2820to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe
- חֵשֶׁקchêsheq · H2837delight
- חָשֻׁקchâshuq · H2838attached, i.e. a fence-rail or rod connecting the posts or pillars
- חִשֻּׁקchishshuq · H2839conjoined, i.e. a wheel-spoke or rod connecting the hub with the rim
- נָשַׁקnâshaq · H5401to kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with weapons
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 34:8 Hamor tried to speak with Jacob and his sons. “My son Shechem is truly in love with your daughter,” he said. “Please let him marry her.
- Exodus 27:17 All the posts around the courtyard must have silver rings and hooks and bronze bases.
- Exodus 38:17 Each post had a bronze base, and all the hooks and rings were silver. The tops of the posts of the courtyard were overlaid with silver, and the rings to hold up the curtains were made of silver.
- Exodus 38:28 The remaining 45 pounds of silver was used to make the hooks and rings and to overlay the tops of the posts.
- Deuteronomy 7:7 “The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
- Deuteronomy 10:15 Yet the Lord chose your ancestors as the objects of his love. And he chose you, their descendants, above all other nations, as is evident today.
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).