ḥăvaqqūq חֲבַקּוּק ‘Habakkuk’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: by reduplication from ḥāvaq חָבַק ‘to embrace’
Roots: חבק

ḥăvaqqūq pr n m pers
Habakkuk = "embrace"
1) a prophet of Israel who wrote the book by that name; probably lived about the 12th or 13th year of the reign of Josiah