do a thing
c.
inf.
Ju 13:23 1 S 2:25 Is 53:1
0.
c.
with
impf.
subj. (
Ges
§ 142(3)c)
י׳ חָפֵץ יגדיל תּורה
Yahweh was pleased to magnify teaching
Is 42:2
1.—On
Jb 40:17
v.
חָפַץ
.
•
חָפֵץ
S
2654, 2655
TWOT
712, 712a, 713
GK
2911, 2913
adj.
verb.
delighting in, having pleasure in
;—
ח׳
ψ 5:5
+
4 times;
pl.
חֲפֵצִים
Mal 3:1 Ne 1:1
1;
cstr.
חֲפֵצֵי
ψ 35:27
+
2 times;
sf.
חֶפְצֵיהֶם
ψ 111:2
;
f.
חֲפֵצָ˜ה
1 Ch 28:
9;—
1.
of man
,
c.
acc.
ψ 34:13
;
35:27 Mal 3:
1;
c.
inf.
Ne 1:1
1;
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
.
2.
of God
,
חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אַתָּה לאֹ אֵל־
thou art not a God taking pleasure in wickedness
ψ 5:5
.
• חֵ˜פֶץ S 2656 TWOT 712b GK 2914 n.m. Pr 3:15 delight, pleasure ;— ח׳ Is 54:12 + 20 times; sf. חֶפְצְךָ Is 58:13 etc. + 13 times sfs.; pl. חֲפָצִים Pr 8:1 1; sf. חֲפָצֶיךָ Pr 3:1 5; חֲפֶָ˜צךָ Is 58:1 3— 1. delight אבני ח׳ Is 54:12 delightful stones; אֶרֶץ ח׳ Mal 3:12 delightsome land; דִּבְרֵי ח׳ Ec 12:1 0; so perhaps also בִּגְדֵי ח׳ Ez 27:20 garments of delight , i.e. of beauty and luxury ( Gr ; MT חֹפֶשׁ q.v .); c. בְּ of persons ψ 16:3 Ec 5:3 Mal 1:1 0; of things 1 S 15:22 ; 18:25 ψ 1:2 Jb 21:21 Ec 12: 1; אֵין חֵפֶץ בֹּו כְּלִי vessel wherein is no pleasure Je 22:2 8; 48:38 Ho 8: 8; הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי Jb 22:3 is it a pleasure to Shadday that? 2. desire, longing מנע מח׳ דלים Jb 31:16 withhold the poor from ( their ) desire; מְחֹוז חֶפְצָם the city of their desire ψ 107:30 ; כל חפץ all ( one’s ) desire 2 S 23:5 1 K 5:2 2, 23 , 24 ; 9:11 , 10:13 = 2 Ch 9:1 2; כל חפצים all things to be desired Pr 3:1 5; 8:11 . 3. the good pleasure, will, purpose , of Yahweh Ju 13:23 ( J ) Is 44:28 ; 46:10 ; 48:14 . 4. that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter (very late, cf. Mish. = thing ) חֵפֶץ י׳ בְּיָדֹו יִצְלַח the good pleasure ( cause, business ) of Yahweh will prosper in his hands Is 53:10 ; מצא ח׳ Is 58: 3, 13 ; עֲשֹׂות חֲפָצֶךָ doing thy affairs Is 58:13 (see De in loco); בְּחֵפֶץ כַּפֶּיהָ in the business of her hands Pr 31:1 3; עֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ time for every matter, affair Ec 3: 1, 17 ; 8:6 ; תִּתְמַהּ עַל־הַחֵפֶץ אַל־ marvel not at the matter Ec 5: 7.
Note
.—
חפץ
is not used in any of its forms in
E D
2 H P
of the Hexateuch.
Gr H. Grätz. D G. Dalman, usu. circa., Aramäisches-Neuhebräisches Wörterbuch ;