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title: חֵפֶשׂ — a · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵפֶשׂ (2665), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: a. BDB 1906: shrewd) device, plot. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵפֶשׂ

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«חֵפֶשׂ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2665 · **BDB:** חֵ֫פֶשׂ

### Glosses

a.plot (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2665/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

shrewd) device, plot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2665/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a (shrewd) device, plot, only in תָּֽמְנוּ ח׳ מְחֻפָּשׂ ψ 64:7 (cf. חָפַשׂ supr.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵפֶשׂ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2665/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 64:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.64.7/)

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יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־עוֹלֹ֗ת תַּ֭מְנוּ חֵ֣פֶשׂ מְחֻפָּ֑שׂ וְקֶ֥רֶב אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֵ֣ב עָמֹֽק׃

*Word for word:* they.plot injustice(s) we.have.finished a.plot plotted and.\[the\] inner.being of.a.person and.\[the\] heart \[is\].deep

*JPS 1917:* They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

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