חָפֵץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2655

delighting in — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

delighting in tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָפֵץ²: adj. delighting in, having pleasure in tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. verb. delighting in, having pleasure in;—ח׳ ψ 5:5 + 4 times; pl. חֲפֵצִים Mal 3:1 Ne 1:11; cstr. חֲפֵצֵי ψ 35:27 + 2 times; sf. חֶפְצֵיהֶם ψ 111:2; f. חֲפֵצָ֑ה 1 Ch 28:9;— of man, c. acc. ψ 34:13; 35:27 Mal 3:1; c. inf. Ne 1:11; abs. הֶחָפֵץ whosoever would 1 K 13:33; אם חפץ אתה if thou pleasest 1 K 21:6; נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה willing soul 1 Ch 28:9; pl. cstr. before nouns abs. ψ 35:22; 40:15 = 70:3; דְּרוּשִׁים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶם studied of all who take pleasure in them ψ 111:2. of God, לֹא אֵל־חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אַתָּה thou art not a God taking pleasure in wickedness ψ 5:5.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: desiring (4); the [people] desirous (3); [are] delighting (1).

In the verses

Psalms 111:2 · tree →

גְּ֭דֹלִים מַעֲשֵׂ֣י יְהוָ֑ה דְּ֝רוּשִׁ֗ים לְכָל־חֶפְצֵיהֶֽם׃

Word for word: [are].great the.works of.Yahweh [they.are].studied by all [those].delighting in.them

JPS 1917: The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have delight therein.

Psalms 5:5 · tree →

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹ֤א אֵֽל־חָפֵ֘ץ רֶ֥שַׁע ׀ אָ֑תָּה לֹ֖א יְגֻרְךָ֣ רָֽע׃

Word for word: (dm) not [are].a.God desiring wickedness you not it sojourns.with.you evil

JPS 1917: For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with Thee.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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