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title: חֲנִית — spear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲנִית (2595), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 47 times: spear. BDB 1906: n.f. spear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲנִית

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«חֲנִית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spear** — 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:** 47 times · **Key:** 2595 · **BDB:** חֲנִית

### Glosses

spear (22); a.spear (7); his.spear (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2595/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. spear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2595/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. spear (as flexible? v. Thes);—abs. חֲנִית 2 S 13:19 + 26 times; cstr. id. 1 S 26:16 (so v 22 Qr, where Kt has art.); sf. חֲנִיתֶ֑ךָ Hb 3:11; חֲנִיתוֹ 1 S 17:7(×2) + 11 times + 2 S 23:8, v. infr.; pl. חֲנִיתִים 2 Ch 23:9; חֲנִיתוֹתֵיהֶם Is 2:4 = חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Mi 4:3;— spear, as hurled 1 S 18:10, 11; 19:9, 10(×2) 20:33; held by king 22:6; sign of king’s presence 26:7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22 (v. RSK 171); also 2 S 1:6; 2:23; 21:19; 23:18, 21(×3) 1 Ch 11:11 = 2 S 23:8, where read הוּא עוֹרֵר אֶת־חֲנִיתוֹ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֹ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Ch 11:20, 23(×3); pl. 2 Ch 23:9; often ‖ חֶרֶב 1 S 13:19, 22; 17:45, 47; 21:9; Is 2:4 = Mi 4:3,; Na 3:3; ‖ שְׁלָטִים 2 K 11:10; ‖ צִנָּה 1 Ch 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Jb 41:18; סְגֹר ψ 35:3; ‖ קֶשֶׁת ψ 46:10. shaft of spear is עֵץ ח׳ 2 S 23:7; 1 Ch 20:5 + 1 S 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ). spear-head לַהֶבֶת ח׳ 1 S 17:7, cf. לַהַב ח׳ Jb 39:23; בְּרַק ח׳ Na 3:3; Hb 3:11. butt of spear אַחֲרֵי ח׳ 2 S 2:23. metaph. of teeth of lions ψ 57:5 (‖ חצים; fig. of Psalmist’s enemies).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 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 «חֲנִית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2595/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.23/)

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עָ֭לָיו תִּרְנֶ֣ה אַשְׁפָּ֑ה לַ֖הַב חֲנִ֣ית וְכִידֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* on it it.rattles a.quiver \[the\].blade of.a.spear and a.javelin

*JPS 1917:* The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

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[Job 41:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.18/)

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מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].reaching it a.sword not it.is.established a.spear a.dart and a.javelin

*JPS 1917:* If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

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