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title: חָדָה — rejoice · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָדָה (lemma:חָדָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: rejoice. BDB 1906: vb. rejoice. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָדָה

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«חָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **rejoice** — 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:חָדָה · **BDB:** חָדָה²

### Glosses

he.rejoiced (1); you (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. rejoice [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. rejoice (Assyrian ḫadû DlPr 153; Aramaic ܚܕܳܐ, חֲדָא)— Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּ֫חַדְּ Ex 18:9 (E), and Jethro rejoiced over (עַל rei); juss. אַל־יִ֫חַדְּ Jb 3:6 let it not rejoice among (בְּ) the days of the year, i.e. not take its place joyfully among them (fig. of day of Job’s birth).—Klo proposes וְלֹא חָדוּ … בְּ 1 S 6:19 for וַיַּךְ … בְּ cf. also Dr Impf. sf. (causat.) תְּחַדֵּהוּ בְשִׂמְחָה ψ 21:7 thou makest him joyful (Che cheerest him) with gladness (‖ תְּשִׁיתֵהוּ בְרָכוֹת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.21.7/)

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כִּֽי־תְשִׁיתֵ֣הוּ בְרָכ֣וֹת לָעַ֑ד תְּחַדֵּ֥הוּ בְ֝שִׂמְחָ֗ה אֶת־פָּנֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) you give.him blessings forever you make.him.rejoice with gladness with presence your

*JPS 1917:* For Thou makest him most blessed for ever; Thou makest him glad with joy in Thy presence.

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[Exodus 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.9/)

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וַיִּ֣חַדְּ יִתְר֔וֹ עַ֚ל כָּל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִצִּיל֖וֹ מִיַּ֥ד מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.rejoiced Jethro on all the good which he.had.done Yahweh to Israel whom he had.delivered.it from the.hand of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.

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