chud is used for posing a riddle for others to hear, solve, or be told.

The attested use is consistently the posing of a riddle: Samson proposes one, is asked to state it, and is said to have posed it without disclosing it; Ezekiel is commanded to present one to Israel.

1. Pose or present a riddle · dominant

   In Judges 14:12, the first-person cohortative introduces Samson's proposal to give his hearers a riddle, with a reward contingent on their telling it. In Judges 14:13 the imperative asks him to state his riddle, while Judges 14:16 refers to his having posed it without telling it; Ezekiel 17:2 likewise uses an imperative in the command to present a riddle to the house of Israel.

   Judges 14:12Judges 14:13Judges 14:16Ezekiel 17:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “riddle” language throughout: “Let me riddle a riddle,” “Riddle your riddle,” “you have riddled the riddle,” and “present a riddle.” These renderings reflect the clauses as a translation.