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palate, roof of the mouth, gums Original Word: חֵךTransliteration: chek Phonetic Spelling: (khake) Short Definition: mouth
of uncertain derivation Definition palate, roof of the mouth, gums NASB Word Usage lips (1), mouth (6), palate (4), roof of its mouth (1), roof of my mouth (1), roof of your mouth (1), speech (1), taste (3). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation All rights reserved Lockman.org
Probably from chanak in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing) -- (roof of the) mouth, taste. see HEBREW chanak
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