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Job 40:17
“He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָפֵץchâphêts · khaw-fates'
H2654 · Hebrew
H2654 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
- Grammar
- יַחְפֹּ֣ץ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 75 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 34:19Numbers 14:8Deuteronomy 21:14Deuteronomy 25:7Deuteronomy 25:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָפֵץ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.