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# חַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2299

**sharp** — used 4 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

sharp [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2299/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חַד⁴: adj. sharp [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2299/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. sharp—only fs. חַדָּה, of חֶרֶב Ez 5:1; in fig. of tongue ψ 57:5; sim. of mouth Is 49:2; fig. of end of (i.e. final experience with) strange woman ח׳ כְּחֶרֶב פִּיּוֹת Pr 5:4 (‖ מָרָ֯ה כַלַּעֲנָה).—i. חַד v. sub אֶחָד.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sharp (4).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 5:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.4/#tree)

וְֽ֭אַחֲרִיתָהּ מָרָ֣ה כַֽלַּעֲנָ֑ה חַ֝דָּ֗ה כְּחֶ֣רֶב פִּיּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and end her \[is\].bitter like (the) wormwood sharp like a.sword of.mouths

*JPS 1917:* But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

[Psalms 57:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.5/#tree)

נַפְשִׁ֤י ׀ בְּת֥וֹךְ לְבָאִם֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה לֹ֫הֲטִ֥ים בְּֽנֵי־אָדָ֗ם שִׁ֭נֵּיהֶם חֲנִ֣ית וְחִצִּ֑ים וּ֝לְשׁוֹנָ֗ם חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* self my \[is\] among lions I.lie.with \[those.who\].devour \[the\].children of.humankind teeth their \[are\].a.spear and arrows and tongue their \[is\].a.sword sharp

*JPS 1917:* My soul is among lions, I do lie down among them that are aflame; even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2299.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2299/): 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).