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title: חִתָּה — terror · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִתָּה (2847), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: terror. BDB 1906: n.f. terror. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִתָּה

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«חִתָּה» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2847 · **BDB:** חִתָּה²

### Glosses

the.terror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2847/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. terror [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2847/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. terror—חִתַּת אלהים עַל־הֶעָרִים Gn 35:5 a terror of (= from) God was upon the cities.

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִתָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2847/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 35:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.35.5/)

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וַיִּסָּ֑עוּ וַיְהִ֣י ׀ חִתַּ֣ת אֱלֹהִ֗ים עַל־הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ סְבִיבֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א רָֽדְפ֔וּ אַחֲרֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out and it.was the.terror of.God on the cities which \[were\].around them and not people.pursued after the.sons of.Jacob

*JPS 1917:* And they journeyed; and a terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

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