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title: חָדַד — be sharp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָדַד (2300), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: be sharp. BDB 1906: vb. be sharp, keen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָדַד

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«חָדַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be 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.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 2300 · **BDB:** חָדַד

### Glosses

it.has.been.sharpened (3); he.sharpens (1); it.grows.sharp (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be sharp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2300/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be sharp, keen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2300/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; NH חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic حَدَّ be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian uddudu, sharpen, DlPr 174; cf. I. חָדָה)— Pf. וְחַדּ֫וּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב consec. Hb 1:8 are keener than evening wolves (of impetuous Chaldean horses). הֵחֵד (Che Or Brd) or יַחֵד (Näg cf. Dr§ 123 a, R), ins. Is 44:12 after 𝔊 𝔖: the smith sharpeneth an axe. Pf. 3 fs. הוּחַדָּה Ez 21:14, 15, 16 be sharpened (in all, subj. חֶרֶב). הִתְאַחֲדִי Ez 21:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָדַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2300/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.17/)

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בַּרְזֶ֣ל בְּבַרְזֶ֣ל יָ֑חַד וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ יַ֣חַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* iron by iron it.grows.sharp and anyone he.sharpens the.face his.neighbor his

*JPS 1917:* Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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[Ezekiel 21:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.14/)

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בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֑י אֱמֹ֕ר חֶ֥רֶב חֶ֛רֶב הוּחַ֖דָּה וְגַם־מְרוּטָֽה׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind prophesy and you.will.say thus he.says Lord \[the\] say a.sword a.sword it.has.been.sharpened and also \[it.is\].polished

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished:

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