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title: חֹזֶה — seer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹזֶה (2374), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: seer. BDB 1906: n.m. seer n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹזֶה

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«חֹזֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seer** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 2374 · **BDB:** חֹזֶה

### Glosses

seer (6); the.seer (5); seers (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2374/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. seer n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2374/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. seer;—abs. ח׳ Am 7:12 + 7 times; cstr. חֹזֵה 1 Ch 21:9 + 3 times; חוֹזֵה 2 Ch 35:15; pl. חֹזִים Is 29:10 + 4 times; חוֹזִים 2 Ch 33:19 (so read with 𝔊; חוֹזָ֑י MT scribal error)— seer: of unnamed persons, syn. נבא(ים) 2 K 17:13 Is 29:10; רֹאִים Is 30:10; קֹסְמִים Mi 3:7; historical writers דִּבְרֵי הַחֹזִים 2 Ch 33:18, דברי חוזים (𝔊) 2 Ch 33:19 (MT appar. n.pr.) named prophets; Gad 2 S 24:11 = 1 Ch 21:9, 1 Ch 29:29 2 Ch 29:25; Amos Am 7:12; Iddo 2 Ch 9:29; 12:15; Jehu 2 Ch 19:2. the singers: Heman 1 Ch 25:5; Asaph 2 Ch 29:30; Jeduthun 2 Ch 35:15. It seems best to add 2. vision (cf. רֹאֶה Is 28:7) עִם שְׁאוֹל עָשִׂינוּ חֹזֶה Is 28:15 with Sheʾôl we made a vision (had a vision, in connexion with Sheʾôl—i.e. by necromancy, v. Du—which makes us secure; ‖ כרת ברית אֶת־מָוֶת); Ew§ 156 e trans. oracle here and 2 K 17:13; HoffmZAW iii. 95 puts this under 1: ‘we have appointed a prophet with Sheʾôl (SS “Ein bei der Scheol bestellter Seher”), who is answerable to us for it;’ 𝔊 𝔙 𝔗 AV RV Che Di al., are at (or have made an) agreement (prophetic advice of seers being taken at time of making treaties; v. חָזוּת 1)—Vid. also כָּל־חֹזֶה n.pr.m. sub כל.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 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 «חֹזֶה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2374/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 21:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.21.9/)

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וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־גָּ֔ד חֹזֵ֥ה דָוִ֖יד לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Yahweh to Gad the.seer of.David (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying:

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[2 Samuel 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.11/)

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וַיָּ֥קָם דָּוִ֖ד בַּבֹּ֑קֶרפ וּדְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה הָיָה֙ אֶל־גָּ֣ד הַנָּבִ֔יא חֹזֵ֥ה דָוִ֖ד לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.arose David in the morning and the.word of.Yahweh it.came to Gad the prophet the.seer of.David (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying:

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