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title: חֶדְוָה — joy · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חֶדְוָה (lemma:חֶדְוָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: joy. BDB 1906: n.f. joy. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶדְוָה

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«חֶדְוָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **joy** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חֶדְוָה · **BDB:** חֶדְוָה

### Glosses

joy (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

joy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5d3_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. joy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5d3_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. joy (𝔗 Syriac; v. BH II. חדה);—abs. בְּח׳ Ezr 6:16 with joy.

### Jastrow 1903

חֶדְוָה: joy, rejoicing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5d3_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** joy, rejoicing. Bets. 15ᵇ (ref. to Neh. VIII, 10) וקיימו מצות ח׳ Ar. (missing in ed.) and fulfill the law of festive rejoicing. Keth. 8ᵃ (in the wedding benediction).—V. חֶדְוָא 2).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶדְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5d3_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.16/)

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וַעֲבַ֣דוּ בְנֵֽי־יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר בְּנֵי־גָלוּתָ֗א חֲנֻכַּ֛ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה בְּחֶדְוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.made the.people of.Israel the priests and the Levites and the.rest of.the.people of the.exile the.dedication of.the.house of.(the) God this with joy

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy.

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