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חֵ֫פֶץ noun masculine Prov 3:15 delight, pleasure; — ׳ ח Isa 54:12 + 20 t.; suffix חֶפְצְךָ Isa 58:13 etc. + 13 t. suffixes; plural חֲפָצִים Prov 8:11 suffix חֲפָצֶיךָ Prov 3:15 חֲפָצֶ֖ךָ Isa 58:13 —
1.
delight
׳
אבני ח
Isa 54:12
delightful stones; ׳
אֶרֶץ ח
Mal 3:12
delightsome land; ׳
דִּבְּרֵי ח
Eccl 12:10
so perhaps also ׳
בִּגְדֵי ח
Ezek 27:20
garments of delight, i.e. of beauty and luxury (Gr
;
ᵑ0
חֹפֶשׁ q. v.); with בְּ of persons Ps 16:3; Eccl 5:3; Mal 1:10 of things 1Sam 15:22; 1Sam 18:25; Ps 1:2; Job 21:21; Eccl 12:1
כְּלִי
אֵין חֵפֶץ בּוֺ
vessel wherein is no pleasure
Jer 22:28;
Jer 48:38;
Hos 8:8
הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי
Job 22:3
is it a pleasure to Shadday that ?
2.
desire, longing
דלים
׳
מנע מח
Job 31:16
withhold the poor from (their) desire;
מְחוֺז חֶפְצָם
the city of their desire
Ps 107:30
כל חפץ
all (one's) desire
2Sam 23:5;
1Kgs 5:22;
1Kgs 5:23;
1Kgs 5:24;
1Kgs 9:11;
1Kgs 10:13
= 2Chr 9:12
כל חפצים
all things to be desired
Prov 3:15;
Prov 8:11.
3.
the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh Isa 44:28; Isa 46:10; Isa 48:14.
4.
that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter
(very late, compare in Mishna = thing) בְּיָדוֺ יִצְלַח
׳
חֵפֶץ י
the good pleasure (cause, business) of Yahweh will
prosper in his hands
Isa 53:10
׳
מצא ח
Isa 58:3; Isa 58:13
עֲשׂוֺת חֲפָצֶךָ
doing thy affairs
Isa 58:13
(see De on the passage); בְּחֵפֶץ כַּפֶּיהָ
in the business of her hands
Prov 31:13
עֵתּ לְכָלחֵֿפֶץ
time for every matter, affair
Eccl 3:1; Eccl 3:17;
Eccl 8:6
אַלֿ
תִּתְּמַהּ עַלהַֿחֵפֶץ
marvel not at the matter
Eccl 5:7.
Note. — חפץ is not used in any of its forms in
E
D2
H
P
of the Hexateuch.