chak.kah denotes a fishing implement used to bring up or cast for fish in the waters described.

The two occurrences show a fishing implement in actions of bringing prey up and casting into the Nile: Habakkuk 1:15 places it beside nets in a catching scene, while Isaiah 19:8 places it in the practice of fishers.

1. Fishing implement for catching fish · dominant

   Both occurrences use the feminine singular absolute form in fishing contexts. In Habakkuk 1:15 the APB renders the clause “He brings all of them up with a hook” before describing nets and a dragnet; in Isaiah 19:8 it renders fishers who “cast a hook into the Nile” and spread nets on the water.

   Habakkuk 1:15Isaiah 19:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “hook” in both verses, once as the means of bringing things up and once as what fishers cast into the Nile. These renderings are read alongside the fishing clauses rather than treated as a precise lexical distinction.