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title: חָתַף — seize · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָתַף (2862), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: seize. BDB 1906: vb. seize, snatch away. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָתַף

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«חָתַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **seize** — 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:** 2862 · **BDB:** חָתַף

### Glosses

he.will.snatch.away (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

seize [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2862/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. seize, snatch away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2862/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. seize, snatch away (cf. Aramaic ܚܰܬܶܦ Pa. break in pieces; Arabic حَتْفٌ death)— Impf. no obj. expr. הֵן יַחְתֹּף וּמִי יְשִׁיבֶנּוּ Jb 9:12 lo! he seizeth, and who shall repulse back?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָתַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2862/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.12/)

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הֵ֣ן יַ֭חְתֹּף מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ מִֽי־יֹאמַ֥ר אֵ֝לָ֗יו מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* there! he.will.snatch.away who? will he.turn.him.back who? will.he.say to him what? are.you.doing

*JPS 1917:* Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? Who will say unto Him: 'What doest Thou?'

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