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  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2420",
  "lemma": "חִידָה",
  "transliteration": "chîydâh",
  "definition": "a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim",
  "kjv": "dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.",
  "occurrences": 17,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2330",
      "lemma": "חוּד",
      "transliteration": "chûwd",
      "meaning": "to tie a knot",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2330"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חִידָה n.f. riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question",
    "1. riddle = dark, obscure utterance",
    "2. riddle, enigma, to be guessed",
    "3. perplexing questions by which queen of Sheba put Sol. to the test",
    "4. skilled in double-dealing"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 12:8",
      "text": "With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see the LORD’s form. Why then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/12?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:12",
      "text": "Samson said to them, “Let me tell you a riddle now. If you can tell me the answer within the seven days of the feast…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:13",
      "text": "but if you can’t tell me the answer, then you shall give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing.” They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:14",
      "text": "He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:15",
      "text": "On the seventh day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:16",
      "text": "Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, “You just hate me, and don’t love me. You’ve told a riddle to the children of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:17",
      "text": "She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted; and on the seventh day, he told her, because she pressed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:18",
      "text": "The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:19",
      "text": "The LORD’s Spirit came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them. He took their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 10:1",
      "text": "When the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the LORD’s name, she came to test him with hard…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=1"
    }
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