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

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	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)