BDB3007
חָפֵץ
verb
delight in (compare Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1903]
be mindful of, attentive to, keep, protect, Aramaic
[untranscribed source text 1904] whence
[untranscribed source text 1905]
eager, zealous, Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1906]
anger (excitement),
[untranscribed source text 1907]
enrage (Aramaic and Arabic of excited attention, Hebrew of
delighted attention), DlPr 168
NöZMG 1886, 742; Late Hebrew חֵפֶץ weakened to
thing, see DeEc. Glossary, Phoenician in
proper name חפצבעל); —
Qal
Perfect
׳
ח
Gen 34:19 + 28
t.; feminine
הָפֵ֑צָה
Isa 66:3?; 2
masculine
חָפַצְתָּ
Deut 21:14 + 4
t.;
חָפָ֫צְנוּ
Job 21:14,
etc., + 14 t. Perfect;
Imperfect
יַחְפֹּץ
Deut 25:7 + 7 t.;
יֶחְפָּ֑ץ
Ps 37:23;
Ps 147:10
plural
יַחְפְּצוּ
Isa 13:17;
Jer 6:10
יֶחְפָּ֑צוּ
Ps 68:31
יֶחְפָּצוּ֑ן
Isa 58:2 (twice in
verse) etc. + 9 t. Imperfect;
Infinitive absolute
חָפֹץ
Ezek 18:23 on
Participle
חָפֵץ = adjective verb., see below; —
1. of men:
a.
take pleasure in, delight in, with בְּ, a woman Gen 34:19 (
J
),
Deut
21:14;
Esth 2:14 a man 1Sam 18:22; 1Sam 19:1; 2Sam 20:11 in matters and things 2Sam 24:3; Isa 13:17
;
Isa 66:3;
Jer 6:10;
Ps 109:17
; Ps
112:1
;
Ps
119:35;
Prov 18:2;
Esth 6:6;
Esth 6:7;
Esth 6:9 (twice in verse); Esth 6:11 with accusative Ps 68:31; Isa 58:2; Eccl 8:3 implicit object Ps 73:25
.
b.
delight, desire, be pleased to do a thing, would do it Deut 25:7;
Deut 25:8;
1Kgs 9:1;
Esth 6:6;
Ruth 3:13;
Ps 40:9;
Job 9:3; Job 13:3;
Job 21:14
; Job
33:32; Isa 58:2; Jer 42:22.
c. absolute עַד
שֶׁתֶּחְפָּ֑ץ
until it please (of love) Song 2:7; Song 3:5; Song 8:4.
2.
of God:
a.
delight in, have pleasure in, with
בְּ, persons
Num 14:8 (
J
),
2Sam 15:26;
2Sam 22:20 =
Ps 18:20,
1Kgs
10:9 =
2Chr
9:8;
Ps
22:9;
Ps 41:12;
Isa 62:4
not in the strength of a horse
Ps 147:10 in doing evil
Mal 2:17 in the death of
the sinner
Ezek
18:32
;
Ezek 33:11 but in mercy, justice, and righteousness
Jer 9:23
בחר באשׁר (לא) חפצתי
Isa 56:4
;
Isa
65:12
;
Isa 66:4
not with (accusative) the blood of bullocks
Isa 1:11
זבח (ים ׅ;
Ps 40:7;
Ps 51:18;
Ps 51:21, or the death
of the sinner
Ezek 18:23
(twice in verse); but with
חסד
Hos 6:6
;
Mic 7:18,
אמת
Ps 51:8
with the way of a man
Ps 37:23
כל אשׁר
חפץ
Ps
115:3
;
Ps
135:6;
Prov 21:1
אשׁר חפץ
Isa
55:11
;
Jonah
1:14.
b.
pleased to do a thing with infinitive Judg 13:23; 1Sam
2:25; Isa 53:10.
c.
with imperfect subject (Ges«GKC:142»§
142 (3) c) חָפֵץ יגדיל תּורה
׳
י
Yahweh was pleased to magnify teaching
Isa
42:21. — On Job 40:17 see
חָפַץ
.
BDB3011
[חָפַץ] verb
bend down (Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1908]
lower, depress, as wings Qor 15:88) — only
Qal
Imperfect
יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֺ כְמוֺאֶֿרֶז
Job 40:17
he bendeth down (extendeth down stiffly) his tail like a cedar, see Wetzst in De
Job 526
HiHiob 299.