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title: חִישׁ — quickly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִישׁ (2440), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: quickly. BDB 1906: adv. quickly. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִישׁ

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«חִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **quickly** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2440 · **BDB:** חִישׁ

### Glosses

quickly (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

quickly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2440/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. quickly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2440/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. quickly, כי גז חישׁ ψ 90:10 of passing away of human life.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2440/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 90:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.90.10/)

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יְמֵֽי־שְׁנוֹתֵ֨ינוּ בָהֶ֥ם שִׁבְעִ֪ים שָׁנָ֡ה וְאִ֤ם בִּגְבוּרֹ֨ת ׀ שְׁמ֘וֹנִ֤ים שָׁנָ֗ה וְ֭רָהְבָּם עָמָ֣ל וָאָ֑וֶן כִּי־גָ֥ז חִ֝֗ישׁ וַנָּעֻֽפָה׃

*Word for word:* the.days our.years our in them \[are\].seventy year\[s\] and if by strength(s) eighty year\[s\] and pride their \[is\].toil and trouble (dm) it.passes.away quickly and we flew.away

*JPS 1917:* The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years; yet is their pride but travail and vanity; for it is speedily gone, and we fly away.

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