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title: חָדָה — rejoice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָדָה (2302), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: rejoice. BDB 1906: vb. rejoice. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָדָה

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«חָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rejoice** — 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:** 2302 · **BDB:** חָדָה²

### Glosses

let.it.rejoice (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2302/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2302/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rejoice (Assyrian ḫadû DlPr 153; Aramaic ܚܕܳܐ, חֲדָא)— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּ֫חַדְּ Ex 18:9 (E), and Jethro rejoiced over (עַל rei); juss. אַל־יִ֫חַדְּ Jb 3:6 let it not rejoice among (בְּ) the days of the year, i.e. not take its place joyfully among them (fig. of day of Job’s birth).—Klo proposes וְלֹא חָדוּ … בְּ 1 S 6:19 for וַיַּךְ … בְּ cf. also Dr Impf. sf. (causat.) תְּחַדֵּהוּ בְשִׂמְחָה ψ 21:7 thou makest him joyful (Che cheerest him) with gladness (‖ תְּשִׁיתֵהוּ בְרָכוֹת).

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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 (7 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 «חָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2302/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.6/)

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הַלַּ֥יְלָה הַהוּא֮ יִקָּחֵ֪ה֫וּ אֹ֥פֶל אַל־יִ֭חַדְּ בִּימֵ֣י שָׁנָ֑ה בְּמִסְפַּ֥ר יְ֝רָחִ֗ים אַל־יָבֹֽא׃

*Word for word:* the night (the) that let it.take.it gloom not let.it.rejoice among.\[the\] days of.\[the\].year in.\[the\] number of.\[the\].months not let.it.come

*JPS 1917:* As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

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