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title: חָזוֹן — vision · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָזוֹן (2377), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 35 times: vision. BDB 1906: n.m. vision. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָזוֹן

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«חָזוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vision** — 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:** 35 times · **Key:** 2377 · **BDB:** חָזוֹן

### Glosses

vision (16); a.vision (8); \[the\].vision (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2377/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. vision [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2377/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 8:1 vision (on format. cf. LgBN 204)—abs. ח׳ Ho 12:11 + 25 times; cstr. חֲזוֹן Is 1:1 + 8 times. vision, as seen in the ecstatic state ‖ קסם Mi 3:6; ‖ מקסם Ez 12:24; ‖ חלמות Dn 1:17; ‖ נביא Dn 9:24; חזה ח׳ Ez 12:27; 13:16; ראה ח׳ Dn 8:15; ראה בח׳ Dn 8:2, 2; 9:21; דבּר בח׳ ψ 89:20; חזון נראה אל Dn 8:1 vision appeared unto; מצא ח׳ מיהוה La 2:9 find a vision from Yahweh; also Ez 12:22, 23 Dn 8:13, 17, 26; 10:14; 11:14. vision, in the night חֲזוֹן לַיְלָה Is 29:7. divine communication in a vision, oracle, prophecy בקשׁ ח׳ מנביא seek a vision (prophecy) from prophet Ez 7:26; ‖ דבר(ים) 1 S 3:1 1 Ch 17:15; חֲזוֹן לִבָּם יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ Je 23:16 a prophecy of their own hearts (minds) they speak; חֲזוֹן שֶׁקֶר וְקֶסֶם אֱלִיל וְתַרְמִית לִבָּם הֵמָּה מִתְנַבְּאִים Je 14:14 false vision and (v. אֱלִיל) worthless divination \& deceit of their own hearts they are prophesying; כתב ח׳ write the vision Hb 2:2; also Ho 12:11 Hb 2:3 Pr 29:18 Ez 7:13 (del. Co). vision, as title of book of prophecy, ספר חזון נחוּם Na 1:1; ח׳ ישׁעיהו Is 1:1; ח׳ עבדיה Ob 1; of other writings of prophets 2 Ch 32:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 34 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָזוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2377/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nahum 1:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/NAM.1.1/)

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מַשָּׂ֖א נִֽינְוֵ֑ה סֵ֧פֶר חֲז֛וֹן נַח֖וּם הָאֶלְקֹשִֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* the.oracle of.Nineveh the.document of.the.vision of.Nahum the Elkoshite

*JPS 1917:* THE BURDEN of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

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[Proverbs 29:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.18/)

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בְּאֵ֣ין חָ֭זוֹן יִפָּ֣רַֽע עָ֑ם וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר תּוֹרָ֣ה אַשְׁרֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* when there.\[is\].not vision it.is.let.loose a.people and \[one.who\].keeps \[the\].law blessed.\[is\].he how

*JPS 1917:* Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

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