חֶפְצִי־בָהּ S 2657 GK 2915 n.pr.f. ( my delight is in her; cf. Ph. חפצבעל )
1. mother of king Manasseh 2 K 21:1 . 2. fig. name of Zion Is 62:4 , here expl. by כִּי חפץ יהוה בָּךְ for Yahweh delighteth in thee .
חָפַץ
S
2654
TWOT
712
GK
2912
vb.
bend down
(
Arabic خَفَضَ
(ḫafaḍa) lower, depress
, as wings
Qor
15:88
)
only
Qal
Impf.
יַחְפֹּץ זְנָכֹו כְמֹו־אֶרֶז
Jb 40:1
7;
he bendeth down
(
extendeth down stiffly
)
his tail like a cedar
,
v. Wetzst
in
De
Job 526 Hi
Hiob 299
.
חָפַר S 2658, 2659 TWOT 714, 715 GK 2916, 2917 vb. dig, search for ( Arabic حَفَرَ ( ḥafara ) id.; Aramaic חֲפַר , ܚܦܰܪ ( ḥpar ), id.; NH חֵפֶר act of digging ) Qal Pf. ח׳ Jb 39:2 9; וְחָפַרְתָּ Jb 11:1 8; וְחָפַרְתָּה Dt 23:1 4; חָפַרְתִּי Gn 21:3 0; חָֽפְרוּ Gn 26:18 + 2 times; חָפָרוּ Gn 26:3 2; חֲפָרוּהָ Nu 21:1 8; Impf. וַיַּחְפֹּר Gn 26:1 8, 22 ; וַיַּחְפִּרֵהוּ ψ 7:16 ; וָאֶחְפֹּר Je 13: 7; יַחְפְּדוּ Jb 39:21 (but read יַחְפֹּר so Ö É ã D i) Dt 1:22 ; וַיַּחְפְּרוּ Gn 26:19 + 2 times; וַיַּחְפְּרֻהוּ Jb 3:2 1; Inf. cstr. לַחְפֹּר Jos 2:2 , 3 + Is 2:20 ( cf. infr .); Pt. חֹפֵר Ec 10: 8; 3. dig: a. a well, c. acc. בְּאֵר Gn 21:30 ( E ), 26:15 , 18 (×2), 19 , 21 , 22 , 32 ( J ), Nu 21:18 ( E ); cf. Ex 7:24 ( E ); dig (a hole, implied as obj. ) Dt 23:14 ; a pit, with hostile purpose, as snare or trap, fig. of malicious plan, c. acc. בֹּור ψ 7:16 ( || כָּרָה ); so c. acc. גומץ Ec 10: 8, cf.
[ שַׁחַת ] ח׳ לְנַפְשִׁי ψ 35:7 ; of horse, dig , i.e. paw the ground, יַחְפֹּר בָּעֵמֶק Jb 39:21 (so read, v. supr .) he paweth in the valley ( cf. Arabic حَافِرٌ ( ḥāfirun ) hoof ). b. dig for something hidden, c. acc. Jb 3:21 ( fig. of longing for death),
Je 13:7 (no obj. expr.) 4. search, search out, explore , c. acc. הָאָרֶץ Jos 2: 2, 3 (JE), Dt 1:22 ; of eagle, search for food, c. acc. ח׳ אֹכֶל Jb 39:2 9, with especially reference to keen vision ( || מֵרָחֹוק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ ); so = search or look carefully about before going to rest Jb 11:18 (no obj. ). לַחְפֹּר Is 2:20 v. חֲפַרְפָּרָה infr.
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