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title: חֲזִיז — bolt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲזִיז (2385), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bolt. BDB 1906: bolt, lightning-flash. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲזִיז

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«חֲזִיז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bolt** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2385 · **BDB:** חֲזִיז

### Glosses

storm (2); thunder-clouds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bolt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2385/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bolt, lightning-flash [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2385/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] thunder-bolt, lightning-flash (NH חֲזִיז; Aramaic חֲזִיזָא shining cloud)—only cstr. חֲזִיז and pl. חֲזִיזִים; וְדֶרֶךְ לַחֲזִיז קֹלוֹת Jb 28:26 and a way for thunder-bolts = 38:25; י׳ עֹשֶׂה חֲזִיזִים Zc 10:1 (‖ מְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲזִיז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2385/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 38:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.25/)

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מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* who? does.he.divide for the flood a.channel and a.path for.\[the\] storm of.thunder.claps

*JPS 1917:* Who hath cleft a channel for the waterflood, or a way for the lightning of the thunder;

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[Job 28:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.26/)

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בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹלַמָּטָ֣ר חֹ֑ק וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* when made he for the rain a.decree and a.path for.\[the\] storm of.thunder.claps

*JPS 1917:* When He made a decree for the rain, and a way for the storm of thunders;

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