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title: חָסָה — seek refuge · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסָה (2620), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 37 times: seek refuge. BDB 1906: vb. seek refuge. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסָה

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«חָסָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seek refuge** — 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:** 37 times · **Key:** 2620 · **BDB:** חָסָה

### Glosses

I.have.taken.refuge (5); I.take.refuge (5); who\].take.refuge (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seek refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2620/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. seek refuge [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2620/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. (mostly poet. and fig.) seek refuge (Arabic حَشِىَ iii. is set aside; v. go aside, apart; حَشًى shelter, protection; but? ش = ס)— Pf. ח׳ ψ 64:11; 3 fs. חָסָ֫יָה ψ 57:2, חָסִ֫יתִי ψ 7:2 + 7 times; pl. חָסוּ ψ 37:40 Zp 3:12, חָסָ֫יוּ Dt 32:17; Impf. יֶחְסֶּה ψ 34:9, תֶחְסֶּה ψ 91:4, אֶחְסֶּה ψ 57:2 (see Baer ψ 34:9), אֶחֱסֶה ψ 18:3 + 2 times; pl. יֶחֱסוּ Is 14:32, יֶחֱסָיוּן ψ 36:8; Imv. חֲסוּ Ju 9:15; Inf. חֲסוֹת ψ 118:8 + 3 times; pt. חוֹסֶה Is 57:13, חֹסֶה Pr 14:32, חוֹסִים ψ 17:7 + 3 times; חֹסְים Pr 30:5; 2 S 22:31 (see Baer Pr 30:5), חוֹסֵי ψ 2:12; 5:12, חֹסֵי Na 1:7;—seek refuge, c. בְּ: בְּצֵל in the shadow of a tree Ju 9:15, בְּצֵל מצרים Is 30:2; בָּהּ Is 14:32 in Zion, in gods Dt 32:37 (poem), elsewhere in God 2 S 22:3 = ψ 18:3; Na 1:7 ψ 2:12; 5:12; 7:2; 11:1; 16:1; 25:20; 31:2, 20; 34:9, 23; 37:40; 57:2; 64:11; 71:1; 118:8, 9; 141:8; 144:2, Is 57:13; מגן הוא ל(כל ה)חוסים בו a shield is he to (all) who seek refuge in him 2 S 22:31 = ψ 18:31, Pr 30:5; בְּ׳ is probably to be supplied in thought at least: מושׁיע חוסים ψ 17:7 saviour of those seeking refuge (in thee); חסה במותו צדיק Pr 14:32 a righteous man in his death seeketh refuge (in Yahweh), בשׁם י׳ Zp 3:12, בצל כנפיךָ in the shadow of thy wings ψ 36:8; 57:2; בסתר כנפיךָ ψ 61:5, תחת כנפיו under his wings ψ 91:4 = Ru 2:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 36 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָסָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2620/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.1/)

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בְּךָֽ־יְהוָ֥ה חָסִ֑יתִי אַל־אֵב֥וֹשָׁה לְעוֹלָֽם׃

*Word for word:* in you O.Yahweh I.have.taken.refuge not let.me.be.ashamed forever of.perpetuity

*JPS 1917:* In Thee, O LORD, have I taken refuge; let me never be ashamed.

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[Deuteronomy 32:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.37/)

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וְאָמַ֖ר אֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ימוֹ צ֖וּר חָסָ֥יוּ בֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.say where? gods \[are\].their \[the\].rock \[which\].they.sought.refuge in it

*JPS 1917:* And it is said: Where are their gods, the rock in whom they trusted;

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