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title: חֶדֶל — cessation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶדֶל (2309), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cessation. BDB 1906: cessation. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶדֶל

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«חֶדֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cessation** — 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:** 2309 · **BDB:** חֶ֫דֶל

### Glosses

of.cessation (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cessation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2309/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

cessation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2309/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] cessation, only יוֹשְׁבֵי חָ֑דֶל Is. 38:11 (so Baer) inhabitants of (land of) cessation, i.e. of Sheʾôl; v. Di; but read rather חָ֑לֶד, v. חֶלֶד.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶדֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2309/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 38:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.11/)

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אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לֹא־אֶרְאֶ֣ה יָ֔הּ יָ֖הּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ הַחַיִּ֑ים לֹא־אַבִּ֥יט אָדָ֛ם ע֖וֹד עִם־י֥וֹשְׁבֵי חָֽדֶל׃

*Word for word:* I.said not I.will.see Yahweh Yahweh in the.land of the.living not I.will.look.at humankind again with \[the\].inhabitants of.cessation

*JPS 1917:* I said: I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

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