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title: חָזֶה — breast · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָזֶה (2373), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: breast. BDB 1906: n.m. breast. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָזֶה

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«חָזֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breast** — 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:** 2373 · **BDB:** חָזֶה

### Glosses

the.breast (6); breast (5); breasts (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2373/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. breast [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2373/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Lv 7:31 breast of animals (Aramaic ܚܰܕܝܳܐ, חַדְיָא)—abs. ח׳ Ex 29:26 + 4 times; cstr. חֲזֵה Ex 29:27 + 5 times; pl. חָזוֹת Lv 9:20, 21—breast, only P, and only of sacrificial animals; always as wave-offering; of ram of installation Ex 29:26, 27 Lv 8:29, of peace-offering Lv 7:30, 30; 9:20, 21, of Nazirite sacrif. Nu 6:20; perquisite of Aaron and his sons Lv 7:31, 34; 10:14, 15, cf. Nu 18:18.

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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 (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 «חָזֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2373/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.9.20/)

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וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ אֶת־הַחֲלָבִ֖ים עַל־הֶחָז֑וֹת וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר הַחֲלָבִ֖ים הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃

*Word for word:* and they.placed (et) the fat(s) on the breasts and he.made.smoke the fat(s) to the altar

*JPS 1917:* And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he made the fat smoke upon the altar.

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[Numbers 18:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.18.18/)

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וּבְשָׂרָ֖ם יִהְיֶה־לָּ֑ךְ כַּחֲזֵ֧ה הַתְּנוּפָ֛ה וּכְשׁ֥וֹק הַיָּמִ֖ין לְךָ֥ יִהְיֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and meat their it.will.belong to you like the.breast of the.wave-offering and like the.thigh of the.right to you it.will.belong

*JPS 1917:* And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave-breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine.

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