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title: חַת — terror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַת (2844), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: terror. BDB 1906: n.m. terror, fear. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַת

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«חַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **terror** — 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:** 2844 · **BDB:** חַת²

### Glosses

terror (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2844/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. terror, fear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2844/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Gn 9:2 terror, fear—חָ֑ת Jb 41:25, חִתְּכֶם Gn 9:2;—c. sf. as obj. gen., Gn 9:2 terror of you (‖ מוֹרַאֲכֶם); in description of crocodile c. neg., הֶעָשׂוּ לִבְלִי־חָ֑ת Jb 41:25 one made for fearlessness.

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2844/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.25/)

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אֵֽין־עַל־עָפָ֥ר מָשְׁל֑וֹ הֶ֝עָשׂ֗וּ לִבְלִי־חָֽת׃

*Word for word:* there.\[is\].not on \[the\].dust likeness its the.\[one\] made for not terror

*JPS 1917:* Upon earth there is not his like, who is made to be fearless.

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[Genesis 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.9.2/)

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וּמוֹרַאֲכֶ֤ם וְחִתְּכֶם֙ יִֽהְיֶ֔ה עַ֚ל כָּל־חַיַּ֣ת הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעַ֖ל כָּל־ע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּרְמֹ֧שׂ הָֽאֲדָמָ֛ה וּֽבְכָל־דְּגֵ֥י הַיָּ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶ֥ם נִתָּֽנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and fear your and terror your it.will.be on every (the).animal of the.earth and on every (the).bird of the.heavens on all that it.creeps the ground and on all the.fish(es) of the.sea in hand your they.are.given

*JPS 1917:* And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.

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