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title: חֲסִידָה — stork · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲסִידָה (2624), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: stork. BDB 1906: n.f. stork. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲסִידָה

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«חֲסִידָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stork** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2624 · **BDB:** חֲסִידָה

### Glosses

stork (3); a.stork (2); \[the\].stork (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stork [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2624/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. stork [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2624/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. stork (so called as kind and affectionate to its young)—Lv 11:19 = Dt 14:18; ψ 104:17; Je 8:7; Zc 5:9; cf. Lat. pietaticultrix.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲסִידָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2624/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.13/)

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כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].wing of.ostriches it.flaps.joyously if a.pinion a.stork and plumage

*JPS 1917:* The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's?

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[Psalms 104:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.104.17/)

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אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֭ם צִפֳּרִ֣ים יְקַנֵּ֑נוּ חֲ֝סִידָ֗ה בְּרוֹשִׁ֥ים בֵּיתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* where there birds they.make.nests \[the\].stork \[is\].fir.trees home its

*JPS 1917:* Wherein the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir-trees are her house.

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