Strong's Lexicon

H1957

H1957 — הָזָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewhazahverbOccurrences: 1TWOT: 489

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1957
Word:הָזָה
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:hazah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:haw-zaw'
Meaning:1. to dream
KJV Renderings:sleep.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB2143

[הָזָה] verb dream, rave (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1291] talk deliriously, Syriac [untranscribed source text 1292], in Lexicons, id., compare also Vrss ; see especially BoHieroz. ii. 56; ed. Rosenm. vol. i. 782 ). — only

Qal Participle active plural הֹזִים Isa 56:10 לֹא יוּכְלוּ שֹׁכְּבִים ׳ לִנְבֹּ֑חַ הof dogs, metaphor of false prophets.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הזה (hăh-zāh’)

Isaiah 56:10

KJV: His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep
EHCC: sleeping, lying down, (marg..or, dreamis
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