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title: חֲצַף — shew insolence · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֲצַף (lemma:חֲצַף), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: shew insolence. BDB 1906: vb. shew insolence, harshness Hiph. be audacious). With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲצַף

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«חֲצַף» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **shew insolence** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חֲצַף · **BDB:** חֲצַף

### Glosses

\[was\].harsh (1); harsh (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shew insolence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e6_5b7_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shew insolence, harshness Hiph. be audacious) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e6_5b7_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shew insolence, harshness (NH חצף Hiph. act insolently, so 𝔗 Aph.; Syriac ܚܳܫܰܚ be audacious);—Pt. f. מַחְצְפָה (K§ 33, 2 e)) Dn 3:22 overbearing (of command), מְהַחְצְפָה 2:15 harsh (id.).

### Jastrow 1903

חֲצַף: Hif. insisted upon, urgent [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e6_5b7_5e3/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** part. pass. חָצִיף q. v. as preced. Hif. Targ. Prov. VII, 13. Ib. XXI, 29. Targ. Ez. XIII, 6 מַחְצְפִין וכ׳ (Var. מְחַצְּפִין) they boldly insist upon it \&c. \[Dan. II, 15; III, 22 part. pass. insisted upon, urgent.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲצַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b2_5e6_5b7_5e3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.15/)

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עָנֵ֣ה וְאָמַ֗ר לְאַרְיוֹךְ֙ שַׁלִּיטָ֣א דִֽי־מַלְכָּ֔א עַל־מָ֥ה דָתָ֛א מְהַחְצְפָ֖ה מִן־קֳדָ֣ם מַלְכָּ֑א אֱדַ֣יִן מִלְּתָ֔א הוֹדַ֥ע אַרְי֖וֹךְ לְדָנִיֵּֽאל׃

*Word for word:* \[he.was\].replying and \[he.was\].saying to Arioch the captain (diy).of the king on what? \[is\].the decree harsh from before the king then the matter he.made.known Arioch to Daniel

*JPS 1917:* he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain: 'Wherefore is the decree so peremptory from the king?' Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

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[Daniel 3:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.22/)

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כָּל־קֳבֵ֣ל דְּנָ֗ה מִן־דִּ֞י מִלַּ֤ת מַלְכָּא֙ מַחְצְפָ֔ה וְאַתּוּנָ֖א אֵזֵ֣ה יַתִּ֑ירָא גֻּבְרַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֗ךְ דִּ֤י הַסִּ֙קוּ֙ לְשַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ קַטִּ֣ל הִמּ֔וֹן שְׁבִיבָ֖א דִּ֥י נוּרָֽא׃

*Word for word:* as to because this from that the.word of the.king \[was\].harsh and the furnace \[was\].heated exceedingly the men these who they.took.up (et) Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego it.killed them the flame (diy).of the fire

*JPS 1917:* Therefore because the king's commandment was peremptory, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego.

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