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title: הֵיךְ — how? · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֵיךְ (1963), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: how?. BDB 1906: adv. how. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֵיךְ

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«הֵיךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **how?** — 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:** 1963 · **BDB:** הֵיךְ

### Glosses

how? (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

how? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1963/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. how [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1963/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. how? (היך, ܗܝܟ, id., in Palest. Aramaic, as Jb 21:34 𝔗, Gn 3:9 Dt 1:12 𝔗Ps.-J., Mat 22:12 𝔖Jerus. (though usually these words have the force of as), and in הֵיכְדֵין how, then? ψ 73:11 + 𝔗; cf. BevanDan p. 29)—only twice, in late Heb., 1 Ch 13:12 (‖ 2 S 6:9 אֵיךְ), Dan 10:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֵיךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1963/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.13.12/)

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וַיִּירָ֤א דָוִיד֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֚יךְ אָבִ֣יא אֵלַ֔י אֵ֖ת אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.feared David (et) (the) God on the day (the) that (cmp) how? will.I.bring to myself (et) the.ark of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* And David was afraid of God that day, saying: 'How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?'

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[Daniel 10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.17/)

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וְהֵ֣יךְ יוּכַ֗ל עֶ֤בֶד אֲדֹנִי֙ זֶ֔ה לְדַבֵּ֖ר עִם־אֲדֹ֣נִי זֶ֑ה וַאֲנִ֤י מֵעַ֙תָּה֙ לֹֽא־יַעֲמָד־בִּ֣י כֹ֔חַ וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה לֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרָה־בִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and how? is.he.able the.servant my.lord my this to speak with lord my this and I from now not it.remains in me strength and breath not it.is.left in me

*JPS 1917:* For how can this servant of my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.'

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