STRONGS H2338:
Abbreviations
Biblical Aramaic
† [
חוּט or
חִיט]
verb repair (foundations); —
Haph. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יַחִ֫יטוּ Ezra 4:12 (si vera lectio (if true reading) [Nö
GGA, 1884, 1018 Str
§ 13 b]), rare from for
יְהִיטוּן K
§§ 16, 5. 26. 1 M
§ 63 g. Anm., but perhaps read this, and regard as
Qal (original meaning dubious; Arabic
is
sew, =
חוּט, Syriac
, compare
Biblical Hebrew
חוּט thread; Syriac Pa. Also
join together (so here Schulth
ZAW xxii (1902), 162 Anm.), compare Arabic
conjunxit trabes (de Goeje
Bibl. Geogr. Arab., Participle iv (1879), Glossary 231: compare Participle viii (1894), Glossary p. xx); Frä
ZAW xix (1899), 180 conjecture
pull down and clear away (for rebuilding), compare
ḫaiaṭu Dl
WB 274; Jen
KB vi. 344 compare Assyrian
ḫâṭu,
observe,
learn Dl
WB I.
היט),
i.e. examine, test; Hpt
Gu. Ezra-Neh 62 conjectures √
חטט excauate, compare Arabic
secure site
by a mark, found a town; Str
Gr (1905) 40 יְהִיבוּ (after Seybold), compare
Ezra 5:16; and others conjecture
build wall, denominative, compare Arabic
wall (√
guard, surround)).
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