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Job 6:30 חִ֝כִּ֗י palate my

Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?

Job 12:11 וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ and a palate

Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?

Job 20:13 חִכּֽוֹ׃ mouth his

though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,

Job 29:10 לְחִכָּ֥ם to palate their

The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 31:30 חִכִּ֑י palate my

I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—

Job 33:2 בְחִכִּֽי׃ on palate my

Behold, I will open my mouth; my address is on the tip of my tongue.

Job 34:3 וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ and [the] palate

For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.

Here: The palate, the organ of taste. In Job it also stands for the organ that discerns and speaks (Job 6:30), so it is a natural partner to the ear as an instrument of judgment.

Psalm 119:103 לְ֭חִכִּי to palate my

How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

Here: "To my palate": the physical organ of taste (Job 12:11, "as the palate tastes food"). The picture is bodily. God's word is something rolled around in the mouth and savoured, not just something agreed with.

Psalm 137:6 לְחִכִּי֮ to palate my

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Here: 'To my palate.' A tongue stuck to the roof of the mouth is the Hebrew picture of being struck dumb, or of thirst so bad you cannot speak (Lam 4:4; Ezek 3:26).

Proverbs 5:3 חִכָּֽהּ׃ mouth her

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Here: "Her palate" is the inside of the mouth. It is where things are tasted (24:13, honey "sweet to your palate") and where speech comes from (8:7, "my palate utters truth"). Honey and palate together make a taste picture. Verse 4 finishes it: sweet in the mouth, wormwood in the end.

Proverbs 8:7 חִכִּ֑י palate my

For my mouth will speak the truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

Proverbs 24:13 חִכֶּֽךָ׃ palate your

Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Here: "Your palate": the organ of taste, and in Hebrew also the organ of speech (Prov 8:7). This sets up the move in v.14 from the mouth tasting to the inner self (nefesh) taking in wisdom.

Song of Songs 2:3 לְחִכִּֽי׃ to palate my

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Here: 'To my palate': the mouth as the place where we taste. Elsewhere in the Song the same word is used for the mouth that kisses (5:16; 7:9), which deepens the image.

Song of Songs 5:16 חִכּוֹ֙ mouth his

His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Here: "His palate": the inside of the mouth, where things are tasted. In the Song it is where kisses and wine are tasted (1:2; 2:3; 7:9). Here it most likely means his kisses, though the same word can also stand for speech.

Song of Songs 7:9 וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ and mouth your

and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.

Lamentations 4:4 חכּ֖וֹ palate its

The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

Ezekiel 3:26 חִכֶּ֔ךָ palate your

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.

Here: The roof of the mouth. In Hebrew it is also linked with taste and with speaking (Proverbs 8:7, 'my palate utters truth'). A tongue stuck to it cannot form words. This is a stock biblical picture of being struck speechless.

Hosea 8:1 חִכְּךָ֣ mouth your

Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

Here: Literally 'your palate', the inside of the mouth, not the lips. It is a vivid, physical way of saying 'put the horn right in your mouth and blow'. 'Your' is masculine singular: probably the prophet or a lookout is being told to sound the alarm.