חוּד chûwd

Meaning

properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle

In the King James Version: put forth.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Judges 14:12 “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
• Judges 14:13 But if you cannot solve it, you must give me thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.” “Tell us your riddle,” they replied. “Let us hear it.”
• Judges 14:16 Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
• Ezekiel 17:2 “Son of man, pose a riddle; speak a parable to the house of Israel