habakkuk
/həˈbæk.ək/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
name
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Example Sentences
- "1988, Robert D. Haak, ""Poetry" in Habakkuk 1:1–2:4?". Journal of the American Oriental Society 108 (3): 437–444. The present study concentrates on the various types of parallelism which may be observed within the prophetic text Habakkuk 1:1–2:4."
- "Of Habakkuk's personal life nothing is known with certainty, though it has been inferred, from the fact that he is termed specifically 'the prophet,' that he held a recognized position as prophet[…], and belonged, consequently, to the tribe of Levi."
- "It would be Bowditch's last voyage. He had been lucky: a younger brother William died on a voyage to Trinidad in 1799, and an older brother Habakkuk drowned in Boston Harbor in 1800."
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: חֲבַקּוּק, 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /həˈbæk.ək/
- British English: /həˈbæk.ək/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.