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title: חֹצֶן — bosom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹצֶן (2684), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: bosom. BDB 1906: n.m. bosom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹצֶן

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«חֹצֶן» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 2684 · **BDB:** חֹ֫צֶן

### Glosses

bosom (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2684/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. bosom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2684/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. bosom;—חָצְנִי נָעַרְתִּי Ne 5:13 I shook out my bosom (the bosom of my garment); וְהֵבִיאוּ בָּנַיִךְ בְּחֹ֫צֶן Is 49:22 and they shall bring thy sons in the bosom (i.e. in the arms, clasped to the bosom, like infants; ‖ עַל־כָּתֵף).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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 «חֹצֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2684/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 49:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.49.22/)

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כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנֵּ֨ה אֶשָּׂ֤א אֶל־גּוֹיִם֙ יָדִ֔י וְאֶל־עַמִּ֖ים אָרִ֣ים נִסִּ֑י וְהֵבִ֤יאוּ בָנַ֙יִךְ֙ בְּחֹ֔צֶן וּבְנֹתַ֖יִךְ עַל־כָּתֵ֥ף תִּנָּשֶֽׂאנָה׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Lord \[the\] Yahweh here! I.will.lift.up to \[the\].nations hand my and to peoples I.will.raise standard my and they.will.bring sons your in.\[the\] bosom and daughters your on a.shoulder they.will.be.carried

*JPS 1917:* Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and set up Mine ensign to the peoples, and they shall bring thy sons in their bosom, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

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[Nehemiah 5:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.13/)

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גַּם־חָצְנִ֣י נָעַ֗רְתִּי וָֽאֹמְרָ֡ה כָּ֣כָה יְנַעֵ֪ר הָֽאֱלֹהִ֟ים אֶת־כָּל־הָאִישׁ֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יָקִ֜ים אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה מִבֵּיתוֹ֙ וּמִ֣יגִיע֔וֹ וְכָ֛כָה יִהְיֶ֥ה נָע֖וּר וָרֵ֑ק וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֜ל אָמֵ֗ן וַֽיְהַלְלוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָעָ֖ם כַּדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* also bosom my I.shook.out and I said thus may.he.shake.out (the) God (et) every (the) person who not he.will.carry.out (et) the word (the) this from house his and from property his and thus may.he.be shaken.out and empty and they.said all the assembly amen and they.praised (et) Yahweh and it.did the people according to the.manner (the) this

*JPS 1917:* Also I shook out my lap, and said: 'So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.' And all the congregation said: 'Amen', and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.

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