חוף

Aramaic

Verb

חוף • (transliteration needed)

to wash

Hebrew

Etymology

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

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”)

References

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

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