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title: חָפַז — be in trepidation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָפַז (2648), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: be in trepidation. BDB 1906: vb. be in trepidation, hurry, or alarm. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָפַז

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«חָפַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be in trepidation** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 2648 · **BDB:** חָפַז

### Glosses

I (2); they (2); hurrying.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be in trepidation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2648/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be in trepidation, hurry, or alarm [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2648/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in trepidation, hurry, or alarm (Arabic حَفَزَ hasten, incite, urge);— Impf. יַחְפּוֹז Jb 40:23; תַּחְפְּזוּ Dt 20:3; Inf. cstr. sf. בְּחָפְזִי ψ 31:23; 116:11; בְּחָפְזָהּ 2 S 4:4; בְּחָפְזָם 2 K 7:15 Qr (Kt הֵחָֽפְזֵם);— be in a hurry or alarm, of hurried flight 2 S 4:4 2 K 7:15; Inf. c. ב = noun, in my alarm ψ 31:23; 116:11; be alarmed Dt 20:3 (‖ תיראו), Jb 40:23 (of hippopot.) Pf. נֶחְפָּ֑זוּ ψ 48:6 (‖ נִבְהֲלוּ) hurry away in alarm; so Impf. יֵחָפֵז֑וּן ψ 104:7 (‖ יְנוּסוּן); Inf. הֵחָֽפְזֵם 2 K 7:15 Kt v. supr.; Pt. נֶחְפָּז 1 S 23:26 hurried ויהי דוד נ׳ ללכת and David became hurried to go.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָפַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2648/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 48:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.48.6/)

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הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ נֶחְפָּֽזוּ׃

*Word for word:* they they.saw thus they.were.astonished they.were.terrified they.hurried.away

*JPS 1917:* They saw, straightway they were amazed; they were affrighted, they hasted away.

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[Psalms 116:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.116.11/)

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אֲ֭נִי אָמַ֣רְתִּי בְחָפְזִ֑י כָּֽל־הָאָדָ֥ם כֹּזֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* I I.said when I was.making.haste every (the) person \[is\].a.liar

*JPS 1917:* I said in my haste: 'All men are liars.'

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