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# חָדַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2300

**be sharp** — used 6 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

be sharp [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2300/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָדַד: vb. be sharp, keen [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2300/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; NH חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic حَدَّ be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian uddudu, sharpen, DlPr 174; cf. I. חָדָה)— Pf. וְחַדּ֫וּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב consec. Hb 1:8 are keener than evening wolves (of impetuous Chaldean horses). הֵחֵד (Che Or Brd) or יַחֵד (Näg cf. Dr§ 123 a, R), ins. Is 44:12 after 𝔊 𝔖: the smith sharpeneth an axe. Pf. 3 fs. הוּחַדָּה Ez 21:14, 15, 16 be sharpened (in all, subj. חֶרֶב). הִתְאַחֲדִי Ez 21:21.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it has been sharpened (3); he sharpens (1); it grows sharp (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 27:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.17/#tree)

בַּרְזֶ֣ל בְּבַרְזֶ֣ל יָ֑חַד וְ֝אִ֗ישׁ יַ֣חַד פְּנֵֽי־רֵעֵֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* iron by iron it.grows.sharp and anyone he.sharpens the.face his.neighbor his

*JPS 1917:* Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

[Ezekiel 21:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.14/#tree)

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֑י אֱמֹ֕ר חֶ֥רֶב חֶ֛רֶב הוּחַ֖דָּה וְגַם־מְרוּטָֽה׃

*Word for word:* O.son of.humankind prophesy and you.will.say thus he.says Lord \[the\] say a.sword a.sword it.has.been.sharpened and also \[it.is\].polished

*JPS 1917:* 'Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword, it is sharpened, and also furbished:

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2300.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2300/): 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).