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title: חַת — shattered · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַת (lemma:חַת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shattered. BDB 1906: adj. shattered, dismayed. 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: **shattered** — 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:** lemma:חַת · **BDB:** חַת³

### Glosses

\[are\].shattered (1); \[will.be\].filled.with.terror (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shattered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. shattered, dismayed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. shattered, dismayed—mpl. חַתִּים:— shattered קֶשֶׁת גִּבֹּרִים ח׳ 1 S 2:4 (song; on pl. חַתִּים v. Dr); so fig. Ez 32:30 according to 𝔊 Codd. Co (חַתִּים for MT חִתִּיתָם) broken in their might, of Sidonians in Sheʾôl. dismayed Je 46:5 of Egyptians defeated by Nebuchadrezzar.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 2:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.4/)

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קֶ֥שֶׁת גִּבֹּרִ֖ים חַתִּ֑ים וְנִכְשָׁלִ֖ים אָ֥זְרוּ חָֽיִל׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].bow of.warriors \[are\].shattered and \[those.who\].stumble they.gird.on strength

*JPS 1917:* The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

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[Jeremiah 46:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.46.5/)

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מַדּ֣וּעַ רָאִ֗יתִי הֵ֣מָּה חַתִּים֮ נְסֹגִ֣ים אָחוֹר֒ וְגִבּוֹרֵיהֶ֣ם יֻכַּ֔תּוּ וּמָנ֥וֹס נָ֖סוּ וְלֹ֣א הִפְנ֑וּ מָג֥וֹר מִסָּבִ֖יב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* why? have.I.seen they \[will.be\].filled.with.terror \[they.will.be\].turned.back backwards and their warriors they.will.be.crushed and flight they.will.flee and not they.will.turn.back terror \[will be\].from.round.about the.utterance of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore do I see them dismayed and turned backward? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and they are fled apace, and look not back; terror is on every side, saith the LORD.

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