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חוּט chûwṭ — to string together, i.e. (figuratively) to repair

pronounced khoot · Strong's H2338 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Aph'el

Translated in the KJV as join.

(Aramaic) corresponding to the root of H2339, perhaps as a denominative; to string together, i.e. (figuratively) to repair.

chûwṭ in each stem

Aph'el

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 1

יַחִֽיטוּ Ezra 4:12 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. (KJV)

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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