---
title: חַד — sharp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַד (2299), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sharp. BDB 1906: adj. sharp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2299.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)‎ / חַד‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# חַד

<!-- .meta -->
«חַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sharp** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2299 · **BDB:** חַד⁴

### Glosses

sharp (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sharp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2299/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. sharp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2299/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** adj. sharp—only fs. חַדָּה, of חֶרֶב Ez 5:1; in fig. of tongue ψ 57:5; sim. of mouth Is 49:2; fig. of end of (i.e. final experience with) strange woman ח׳ כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּוֹת Pr 5:4 (‖ מָרָ֯ה כַלַּעֲנָה).—i. חַד v. sub אֶחָד.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2299/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.4/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and end her \[is\].bitter like (the) wormwood sharp like a.sword of.mouths

*JPS 1917:* But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Psalms 57:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.5/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
נַפְשִׁ֤י ׀ בְּת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* self my \[is\] among lions I.lie.with \[those.who\].devour \[the\].children of.humankind teeth their \[are\].a.spear and arrows and tongue their \[is\].a.sword sharp

*JPS 1917:* My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [חַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2297.md)
- next →: [חָדַד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2300.md)
- ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)