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title: חָפֵץ — delighting in · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָפֵץ (2655), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: delighting in. BDB 1906: adj. delighting in, having pleasure in. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָפֵץ

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«חָפֵץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **delighting in** — 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:** 2655 · **BDB:** חָפֵץ²

### Glosses

desiring (4); the.\[people\].desirous (3); \[are\].delighting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

delighting in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2655/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. delighting in, having pleasure in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2655/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. verb. delighting in, having pleasure in;—ח׳ ψ 5:5 + 4 times; pl. חֲפֵצִים Mal 3:1 Ne 1:11; cstr. חֲפֵצֵי ψ 35:27 + 2 times; sf. חֶפְצֵיהֶם ψ 111:2; f. חֲפֵצָ֑ה 1 Ch 28:9;— of man, c. acc. ψ 34:13; 35:27 Mal 3:1; c. inf. Ne 1:11; abs. הֶחָפֵץ whosoever would 1 K 13:33; אם חפץ אתה if thou pleasest 1 K 21:6; נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה willing soul 1 Ch 28:9; pl. cstr. before nouns abs. ψ 35:22; 40:15 = 70:3; דְּרוּשִׁים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶם studied of all who take pleasure in them ψ 111:2. of God, לֹא אֵל־חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אַתָּה thou art not a God taking pleasure in wickedness ψ 5:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָפֵץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2655/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 111:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.111.2/)

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גְּ֭דֹלִים מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהוָ֑ה דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].great the.works of.Yahweh \[they.are\].studied by all \[those\].delighting in.them

*JPS 1917:* The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have delight therein.

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[Psalms 5:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.5/)

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כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֤א אֵֽל־חָפֵ֘ץ רֶ֥שַׁע ׀ אָ֑תָּה לֹ֖א יְגֻרְךָ֣ רָֽע׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not \[are\].a.God desiring wickedness you not it sojourns.with.you evil

*JPS 1917:* For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.

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