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# חֶדְוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2304

**joy** — 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

joy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2304/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶדְוָה: n.f. joy [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2304/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (late) joy (Aramaic חדוא).—ח׳ 1 Ch 16:27 (in the sanctuary); חֶדְוַת י׳ Ne 8:10 (‖ אַל־תֵּעָצֵ֑בוּ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 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: joy (1); the joy (1).

## In the verses

[1 Chronicles 16:27](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.27/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.27/#tree)

ה֤וֹד וְהָדָר֙ לְפָנָ֔יו עֹ֥ז וְחֶדְוָ֖ה בִּמְקֹמֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* splendor and majesty \[are\] before him strength and joy \[are\].in place his

*JPS 1917:* Honour and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.

[Nehemiah 8:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.10/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֡ם לְכוּ֩ אִכְל֨וּ מַשְׁמַנִּ֜ים וּשְׁת֣וּ מַֽמְתַקִּ֗ים וְשִׁלְח֤וּ מָנוֹת֙ לְאֵ֣ין נָכ֣וֹן ל֔וֹ כִּֽי־קָד֥וֹשׁ הַיּ֖וֹם לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ וְאַל־תֵּ֣עָצֵ֔בוּ כִּֽי־חֶדְוַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה הִ֥יא מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them go eat fat.foods and drink sweet.things and send portions to there.\[is\].not a.\[thing\].prepared for him (dm) \[is\].holy this day to lord(s) our and do.not be.grieved (dm) the.joy of.Yahweh it refuge \[is\].your

*JPS 1917:* Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2304.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2304/): 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).