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title: חֶתֶף — prey · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶתֶף (2863), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: prey. BDB 1906: prey. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶתֶף

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«חֶתֶף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **prey** — 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:** 2863 · **BDB:** חֶ֫תֶף

### Glosses

a.robber (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

prey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2863/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

prey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2863/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] prey—only אַף־הִיא כְּחֶ׳ תֶּאֱרֹב Pr 23:28 she also lieth in wait as for prey (said of strange woman).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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 «חֶתֶף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2863/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.28/)

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אַף־הִ֭יא כְּחֶ֣תֶף תֶּֽאֱרֹ֑ב וּ֝בוֹגְדִ֗ים בְּאָדָ֥ם תּוֹסִֽף׃

*Word for word:* also she like a.robber she.lies.in.wait and \[those.who\].act.treacherously among humankind she.increases

*JPS 1917:* She also lieth in wait as a robber, and increaseth the faithless among men.

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