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title: חֵצֶן — bosom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵצֶן (2683), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bosom. BDB 1906: n.m. bosom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵצֶן

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«חֵצֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bosom** — 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:** 2683 · **BDB:** חֵ֫צֶן

### Glosses

bosom (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2683/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2683/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. bosom of a garment (Arabic حِضْنٌ, Ethiopic ሕፅን: also Syriac ܚܰܢܳܐ bosom (= ܚܥܢܐ), v. HoffmZMG 1878, 753 LagM ii, 361 ff.; BN 46 f.; on this word and foll. v. BaNB 120; ZMG 1889, 183)—שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּר ψ 129:7 (grass) with which a reaper filleth not his hand, nor a binder his bosom.

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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, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֵצֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2683/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 129:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.7/)

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שֶׁלֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפּ֥וֹ קוֹצֵ֗ר וְחִצְנ֥וֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃

*Word for word:* which not he.has.filled palm his a.reaper and bosom his \[one.who\].binds.sheaves

*JPS 1917:* Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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