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title: חָטַף — catch · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָטַף (2414), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: catch. BDB 1906: vb. catch, seize. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָטַף

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«חָטַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **catch** — 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:** 2414 · **BDB:** חָטַף

### Glosses

he.seizes (1); seize (1); you.will.seize (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

catch [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2414/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. catch, seize [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2414/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. catch, seize (Arabic خَطِفَ; cf. Assyrian taḫṭîpu, oppression, DlPr 181; NH חָטַף, Aramaic ܚܛܰܦ seize, חֲטַף do hurriedly)— Pf. וַחֲטַפְתֶּם consec. Ju 21:21 lit., seize wives; Impf. יַחֲטֹף עָנִי ψ 10:9; Inf. לַחֲטוֹף עָנִי ψ 10:9 both fig. of oppressor catching the distressed; all sq. acc.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 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 «חָטַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2414/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.9/)

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יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲט֣וֹף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.lies.in.wait in.(the) secret place like a.lion in lair its he.lies.in.wait to seize \[the\].afflicted he.seizes \[the\].afflicted when he drags.\[him\].away in net his

*JPS 1917:* He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

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[Judges 21:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.21/)

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וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם וְ֠הִנֵּה אִם־יֵ֨צְא֥וּ בְנוֹת־שִׁילוֹ֮ לָח֣וּל בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ וִֽיצָאתֶם֙ מִן־הַכְּרָמִ֔ים וַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מִבְּנ֣וֹת שִׁיל֑וֹ וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם אֶ֥רֶץ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.see and there! if they.will.come.out the.daughters of.Shiloh to dance with (the) dancing(s) and you.will.go.out from the vineyards and you.will.seize for yourselves each.man wife his from the.daughters of.Shiloh and you.will.go the.land of.Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

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