Biblica Analytica

חוּט

chut (H2338)

to repair

1 verses 1 books OT 1 / NT 0
AI Word Study

# Analysis of H2338 (חוּט): A Rare Hebrew Word for Repair The Hebrew word *chut* appears only once in the biblical text, making it among the rarest verbs in the Hebrew Bible. Its definition—"to repair"—indicates an action of restoration or mending, suggesting the restoration of something broken or damaged to a functional state. The single occurrence severely limits our ability to understand its full semantic range or nuanced applications within biblical Hebrew. Because *chut* appears only once in the surviving biblical corpus, we cannot determine whether it carried specialized meanings in particular contexts, whether it was a technical term in specific fields (such as construction or textile work), or how it related to synonymous repair-words that may have been more commonly used. The rarity of attestation makes it impossible to assess whether this was a standard vocabulary item that fell out of use, a regional or dialectal term, or simply a word that happened to appear in only one preserved biblical passage. Without additional occurrences to establish patterns of usage, the lexical definition remains necessarily broad and general.

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Ezra 4:12

Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us to Jerusalem. They are building the rebellious and bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations.