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title: חָבַק — clasp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָבַק (2263), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: clasp. BDB 1906: vb. clasp, embrace Pi Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָבַק

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«חָבַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **clasp** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2263 · **BDB:** חָבַק

### Glosses

he.embraced (2); it (2); \[is\].folding (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clasp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2263/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. clasp, embrace Pi Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2263/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. clasp, embrace (NH id.; 𝔗 חַבֵּקֹ; Mand.. ܚܒܰܩ, NSyr. ܚܦܩ; Arabic حَبَقَ ii. collect one’s possessions, etc., Frey)— Inf. לַחֲבוֹק Ec 3:5; Pt. חֹבֵק Ec 4:5; חֹבֶקֶת 2 K 4:16;—embrace, c. acc. בֵּן 2 K 4:16; יָדָיו Ec 4:5 (said of הַכְּסִיל = fold his arms, i.e. be idle; cf. חִבֻּק); no obj. expr. Ec 3:5 (‖ Pi). Pf. חִבְּקוּ Jb 24:8 La 4:5; Impf. וַיְחַבֵּק Gn 48:10; וַיְחַבֶּק־ Gn 29:13; וַיְחַבְּקֵהוּ Gn 33:4; 3 fs. sf. תְּחַבְּקֵ֫נִי Ct 2:6; 8:3; 2 ms. וּתְחַבֵּק Pr 5:20, sf. תְּחַבְּקֶ֫נָּה Pr 4:8; Inf. חַבֵּק Ec 3:5;—embrace of pers., no obj. עת לִרְחֹק מֵחַבֵּק Ec 3:5 (‖ Qal); sq. לְ Gn 29:13 (J), 48:10 (E); sq. sf. 33:4 (J), Pr 4:8 Ct 2:6; 8:3; c. acc. Pr 5:20; embrace צוּר for want of shelter Jb 24:8 (of poor); embrace refuse-heaps אשׁפתות La 4:5, i.e. are outcasts.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָבַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2263/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.8/)

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מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* from.\[the\] rainstorm of.\[the\].mountains they.are.wet and from not shelter they.embrace \[the\].rock

*JPS 1917:* They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

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[Proverbs 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.8/)

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סַלְסְלֶ֥הָ וּֽתְרוֹמְמֶ֑ךָּ תְּ֝כַבֵּ֗דְךָ כִּ֣י תְחַבְּקֶֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* esteem her and she will.exalt.you she will.honor.you (dm) you will.embrace.her

*JPS 1917:* Extol her, and she will exalt thee; she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

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