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title: חֹפֶשׁ — wide-spread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹפֶשׁ (2667), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wide-spread. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹפֶשׁ

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«חֹפֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wide-spread** — 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:** 2667 · **BDB:** חֹ֫פֶשׁ

### Glosses

of.material (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wide-spread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2667/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] very dub.; only בִּגְדֵי־חֹ֫פֶשׁ לְרִכְבָּה Ez 27:20 wide-spread (?) garments for riding, i.e. saddle-cloths, according to Thes Sm Co Da al.; but meaning spread for √ purely conject.; Gr suggests, plausibly, חֵ֫פֶץ (q.v.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹפֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2667/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.20/)

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דְּדָן֙ רֹֽכַלְתֵּ֔ךְ בְבִגְדֵי־חֹ֖פֶשׁ לְרִכְבָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* Dedan \[was\].your trader for clothes of.material for riding

*JPS 1917:* Dedan was thy trafficker in precious cloths for riding.

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