Original Word: חַגְוֵי
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: chagavim
Phonetic Spelling: (khag-awv')
Short Definition: clefts [] , as abode of dove Songs 2:14 (in metaphor); also, hyperbole, as abode of Edom Jeremiah 49:16; Obadiah 3..

(√ of following; Arabic 👁 Image
, hobble, hop, whence 👁 Image
partridge, compare Syriac 👁 Image
, 👁 Image
, id.)

cleft

From an unused root meaning to take refuge; a rift in rocks -- cleft.

בְּחַגְוֵ֣י בְחַגְוֵי־ בחגוי בחגוי־ bə·ḥaḡ·wê ḇə·ḥaḡ·wê- bechagVei bəḥaḡwê ḇəḥaḡwê- vechagveiInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts

Strong's Hebrew 2288
3 Occurrences

bə·ḥaḡ·wê — 2 Occ.
ḇə·ḥaḡ·wê- — 1 Occ.

Songs 2:14
HEB: יוֹנָתִ֞י בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֗לַע בְּסֵ֙תֶר֙
NAS: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
KJV: O my dove, [that art] in the clefts of the rock,
INT: my dove the clefts of the rock the secret

Jeremiah 49:16
HEB: לִבֶּ֔ךָ שֹֽׁכְנִי֙ בְּחַגְוֵ֣י הַסֶּ֔לַע תֹּפְשִׂ֖י
NAS: you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock,
KJV: O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock,
INT: of your heart live the clefts of the rock occupy

Obadiah 1:3
HEB: הִשִּׁיאֶ֔ךָ שֹׁכְנִ֥י בְחַגְוֵי־ סֶּ֖לַע מְר֣וֹם
NAS: you, You who live in the clefts of the rock,
KJV: thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock,
INT: deceived live the clefts of the rock the loftiness

3 Occurrences