{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2441",
  "lemma": "חֵךְ",
  "transliteration": "chêk",
  "definition": "properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)",
  "kjv": "(roof of the) mouth, taste.",
  "occurrences": 18,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2596",
      "lemma": "חָנַךְ",
      "transliteration": "chânak",
      "meaning": "to narrow",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2596"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חֵךְ n.m. palate, roof of mouth, gums"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 3:26",
      "text": "I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and will not be able to correct them…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/3?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 8:1",
      "text": "“Put the shofar to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house, because they have broken my covenant…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/8?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 119:103",
      "text": "How sweet are your promises to my taste, more than honey to my mouth!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=103"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 137:6",
      "text": "Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don’t remember you, if I don’t prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/137?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 5:3",
      "text": "For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/5?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 8:7",
      "text": "For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 24:13",
      "text": "My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/24?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 6:30",
      "text": "Is there injustice on my tongue? Can’t my taste discern mischievous things?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/6?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 12:11",
      "text": "Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/12?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 20:13",
      "text": "though he spare it, and will not let it go, but keep it still within his mouth,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/20?v=13"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2441",
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}