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title: חָפַץ — bend down · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָפַץ (lemma:חָפַץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: bend down. BDB 1906: vb. bend down. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָפַץ

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«חָפַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bend down** — 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:** lemma:חָפַץ · **BDB:** חָפַץ

### Glosses

it.stiffens (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bend down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. bend down [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. bend down (Arabic خَفَضَ lower, depress, as wings Qor 15:88)—only Impf. יַחְפֹּץ זְנָכוֹ כְמוֹ־אֶרֶז Jb 40:17; he bendeth down (extendeth down stiffly) his tail like a cedar, v. Wetzst in De Job 526 Hi Hiob 299.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָפַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e4_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/)

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יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.stiffens tail its like a.cedar the.tendons its.thighs his they.are.intertwined

*JPS 1917:* He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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