חוף

Aramaic

Verb

חוף • (transliteration needed)

1. to wash

Hebrew

חוף ביפו

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħoːf/, [ħoːf]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħof/, [ħoːf]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χof/

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Noun

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

1. beach, shore, coast

Declension

Declension of חוֹף

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				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
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “חוֹף”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 211a
• “חוף” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language