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# הֵיךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1963

**how?** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

how? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1963/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

הֵיךְ: adv. how [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1963/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adv. how? (היך, ܗܝܟ, id., in Palest. Aramaic, as Jb 21:34 𝔗, Gn 3:9 Dt 1:12 𝔗Ps.-J., Mat 22:12 𝔖Jerus. (though usually these words have the force of as), and in הֵיכְדֵין how, then? ψ 73:11 + 𝔗; cf. BevanDan p. 29)—only twice, in late Heb., 1 Ch 13:12 (‖ 2 S 6:9 אֵיךְ), Dan 10:17.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: how? (2).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 13:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.13.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.13.12/#tree)

וַיִּירָ֤א דָוִיד֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֚יךְ אָבִ֣יא אֵלַ֔י אֵ֖ת אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.feared David (et) (the) God on the day (the) that (cmp) how? will.I.bring to myself (et) the.ark of.(the) God

*JPS 1917:* And David was afraid of God that day, saying: 'How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?'

[Daniel 10:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.10.17/#tree)

וְהֵ֣יךְ יוּכַ֗ל עֶ֤בֶד אֲדֹנִי֙ זֶ֔ה לְדַבֵּ֖ר עִם־אֲדֹ֣נִי זֶ֑ה וַאֲנִ֤י מֵעַ֙תָּה֙ לֹֽא־יַעֲמָד־בִּ֣י כֹ֔חַ וּנְשָׁמָ֖ה לֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרָה־בִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and how? is.he.able the.servant my.lord my this to speak with lord my this and I from now not it.remains in me strength and breath not it.is.left in me

*JPS 1917:* For how can this servant of my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither was there breath left in me.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1963.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1963/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).