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Strong's #2655 - חָפֵץ
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- desiring, delighting in, having pleasure in
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2191) yph (ההפתס HhPTs) AC: Delight CO: ? AB: ?: [from: ph- hiding a treasure]
V) yph (ההפתס HhPTs) - Delight: To desire something out of pleasure or necessity. KJV (75): (vf: Paal) delight, please, desire, will, pleasure, favour, like, move, would - Strongs: H2654 (חָפֵץ)
Nm) yph (ההפתס HhPTs) - Delight: KJV (50): desire, pleasure, would, please, willing, favour, wish, delight - Strongs: H2655 (חָפֵץ), H2656 (חֵפֶץ)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 of man, with accusative Psalm 34:13; Psalm 35:27; Malachi 3:1; with infinitive Nehemiah 1:11; absolute הֶחָפֵץ whosoever would 1 Kings 13:33; אם חפץ אתה if thou pleasest 1 Kings 21:6; נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה willing soul 1 Chronicles 28:9; plural construct before nouns absolute Psalm 35:22; Psalm 40:15 = Psalm 70:3; דְּרוּשִׁים לְכָלחֶֿפְצֵיהֶם studied of all who take pleasure in them Psalm 111:2.
2 of God, לֹא אֵלֿחָפֵץ רֶשַׁע אַתָּה thou art not a God taking pleasure in wickedness Psalm 5:5.
חָפֵץ fut. יַחְפֹּץ and יֶחְפַּץ
(1) i.q. Arabic حَفَض to bend, to curve. Job 40:17, יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֹ “he bends his tail.”
(2) intrans. and metaph. to incline, to be favourable.
(a) to do something; to will, to desire, absol. Song of Solomon 2:7, 3:5 followed by a gerund, Deuteronomy 25:8; Psalms 40:9; Job 9:3; 1 Samuel 2:25 by a naked infinitive Isaiah 53:10; Job 13:3, 33:32, חָפַצְתִּי צַדְּקֶךָּ “I desire thy justification.”
(b) towards some one, i.e. to favour him, to delight in him as in God, in men; to love some one, followed by בְּ Genesis 34:19; 2 Samuel 20:11; Numbers 14:8; 2 Samuel 22:20, 24:3 followed by an acc., Psalms 40:7; Micah 7:18. It is also applied to things, 2 Samuel 24:3.
חָפֵץ m. (with Tzere impure), [“pl. constr. חֲפֵצֵי, Psalms 35:27, 40:15 but חֶפְצֵיהֶם, Psalms 111:2.”] verbal adj. from the preceding; often used with personal pronouns instead of the verb, e.g. 1 Kings 21:6, אִם חָפֵץ אַתָּה “if thou art willing,” if it please thee. Malachi 3:1, אַתֶּם חֲפֵצִים “you wish for,” delight in, נֶפֶשׁ חֲפֵצָה a willing mind, 1 Chronicles 28:9.
