חבקוק
See also: חבקו״ק
Hebrew
editEtymology
editUncertain; possibly comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), from the root ח־ב־ק (“embrace”) or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).
Proper noun
editחֲבַקּוּק • (khavakúk) m
- (biblical) Habakkuk (a Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name)
- (biblical) Habakkuk (a prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh). Ellipsis of ספר חבקוק.
- (rare) a male given name, Habakkuk
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC.
Further reading
edit- חבקוק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
- חבקוק (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he