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# חָטַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2414

**catch** — used 3 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

catch [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2414/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָטַף: vb. catch, seize [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2414/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. catch, seize (Arabic خَطِفَ; cf. Assyrian taḫṭîpu, oppression, DlPr 181; NH חָטַף, Aramaic ܚܛܰܦ seize, חֲטַף do hurriedly)— Pf. וַחֲטַפְתֶּם consec. Ju 21:21 lit., seize wives; Impf. יַחֲטֹף עָנִי ψ 10:9; Inf. לַחֲטוֹף עָנִי ψ 10:9 both fig. of oppressor catching the distressed; all sq. acc.

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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he seizes (1); seize (1); you will seize (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 10:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.9/#tree)

יֶאֱרֹ֬ב בַּמִּסְתָּ֨ר ׀ כְּאַרְיֵ֬ה בְסֻכֹּ֗ה יֶ֭אֱרֹב לַחֲט֣וֹף עָנִ֑י יַחְטֹ֥ף עָ֝נִ֗י בְּמָשְׁכ֥וֹ בְרִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.lies.in.wait in.(the) secret place like a.lion in lair its he.lies.in.wait to seize \[the\].afflicted he.seizes \[the\].afflicted when he drags.\[him\].away in net his

*JPS 1917:* He lieth in wait in a secret place as a lion in his lair, he lieth in wait to catch the poor; he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him up in his net.

[Judges 21:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.21/#tree)

וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם וְ֠הִנֵּה אִם־יֵ֨צְא֥וּ בְנוֹת־שִׁילוֹ֮ לָח֣וּל בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ וִֽיצָאתֶם֙ מִן־הַכְּרָמִ֔ים וַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מִבְּנ֣וֹת שִׁיל֑וֹ וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם אֶ֥רֶץ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.see and there! if they.will.come.out the.daughters of.Shiloh to dance with (the) dancing(s) and you.will.go.out from the vineyards and you.will.seize for yourselves each.man wife his from the.daughters of.Shiloh and you.will.go the.land of.Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2414.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2414/): 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).