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title: חָנֵף — profane · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָנֵף (2611), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: profane. BDB 1906: adj. profane, irreligious. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָנֵף

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«חָנֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **profane** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2611 · **BDB:** חָנֵף²

### Glosses

godless (3); of.\[the\].godless (3); a.godless.\[person\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

profane [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2611/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. profane, irreligious [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2611/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. profane, irreligious (Syriac ܚܰܢܦܳܐ profane, hence often heathen, apostate; Arabic حَنِيفٌ inclining to a right state, especially the true religion, a Muslim)—abs. ח׳ Jb 8:13 + 10 times; pl. חֲנֵפִים Is 33:14; חַנְפֵי Jb 36:13 ψ 35:16;—profane, godless: of persons, אָדָם ח׳ Jb 34:30; גּוֹי ח׳ Is 10:6; as subst. godless man Is 9:16 (‖ מרע) Jb 8:13; 13:16; 17:8; 20:5; 27:8; Pr 11:9; coll. עֲדַת ח׳ Jb 15:34; pl. Is 33:14; חַנְפֵי־לֵב Jb 36:13; בְּחַנְפֵי לַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג ψ 35:16 as profane men, mockers for cake (i.e. table-jesters; on cstr. v. Ges§ 130, 5), but text dub. (v. Checrit. n. Bae).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָנֵף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2611/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.30/)

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מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃

*Word for word:* from reigning a.person godless from snares of.a.people

*JPS 1917:* That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.

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[Job 8:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.13/)

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כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].thus \[the\].paths of.all \[those.who\].forget (of).God and.\[the\] hope of.\[the\].godless it.will.be.lost

*JPS 1917:* So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;

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