חוף

Aramaic

Verb

חוף • (transliteration needed)

to wash

Hebrew

Etymology

From Aramaic חוֹפָא (ḥōfā, “border, rim”). Cognate with Arabic حَافَة (ḥāfa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

חוֹף • (khof) m (plural indefinite חוֹפִים, singular construct חוֹף־, plural construct חוֹפֵי־)

beach, shore, coast

Declension

Declension of חוֹף

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	חוֹף	first	חוֹפִי		חוֹפֵנוּ
	definite	הַחוֹף	second	חוֹפְךָ	חוֹפֵךְ	חוֹפְכֶם	חוֹפְכֶן
	construct	חוֹף־	third	חוֹפוֹ	חוֹפָהּ	חוֹפָם	חוֹפָן
plural	indefinite	חוֹפִים	first	חופיי / חוֹפַי		חוֹפֵינוּ
	definite	הַחוֹפִים	second	חוֹפֶיךָ	חופייך / חוֹפַיִךְ	חוֹפֵיכֶם	חוֹפֵיכֶן
	construct	חוֹפֵי־	third	חוֹפָיו	חוֹפֶיהָ	חוֹפֵיהֶם	חוֹפֵיהֶן

Derived terms

חוֹף הַשֶּׁנְהָב (khof ha-shenháv, “Ivory Coast”)
כדורעף חופים (kadur'af khofim)

References

H2348 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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