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title: חָשַׁק — be attached to · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָשַׁק (2836), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: be attached to. BDB 1906: vb. be attached to, love. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָשַׁק

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«חָשַׁק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be attached to** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 2836 · **BDB:** חָשַׁק

### Glosses

he.desired (2); he.loved (2); \[were\].furnished.with.bands (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be attached to [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2836/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be attached to, love [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2836/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be attached to, love (NH press together, desire (rare); Aramaic חֲשַׁק bind, saddle (an ass))— Pf. ח׳ Dt 7:7 + 4 times; חָֽשְׁקָה Gn 34:8; חָשַׁקְתָּ Is 38:17 (but v. infr.); וְחָֽשַׁקְתָּ֫ Dt 21:11;—be attached to, only fig. = love, a woman sq. בְּ Gn 34:8 (P) Dt 21:11; elsewhere of י׳’s love for Israel Dt 7:7; 10:15, and of love to י׳ ψ 91:14; sq. acc. cogn. + לְ and inf. כל־חֵשֶׁק שְׁלֹמה אשׁר ח׳ לִבְנוֹת 1 K 9:19 = 2 Ch 8:6; חָשַׁקְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִשַּׁחַת Is 38:17 lit. thou hast loved my soul out of the pit, i.e. lovingly delivered it; but read חָשַׂכְתָּ thou hast held back, kept, from 𝔊 𝔙 Lo Ew Che Di, or חֲשׂךְ hold back (Imv.), so Du.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 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, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָשַׁק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2836/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 91:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.91.14/)

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כִּ֤י בִ֣י חָ֭שַׁק וַאֲפַלְּטֵ֑הוּ אֲ֝שַׂגְּבֵ֗הוּ כִּֽי־יָדַ֥ע שְׁמִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) (in) me he.loves and I will.deliver.him I will.set.him.on.high (dm) he.knows name my

*JPS 1917:* 'Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name.

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[Exodus 27:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.27.17/)

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כָּל־עַמּוּדֵ֨י הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר סָבִיב֙ מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף וָוֵיהֶ֖ם כָּ֑סֶף וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* all the.pillars of the.courtyard all.around \[will.be\].furnished.with.bands silver hooks their \[will.be\].silver and bases their \[will.be\].bronze

*JPS 1917:* All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

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