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# חֵפֶשׂ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2665

**a** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

a [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2665/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵ֫פֶשׂ: shrewd) device, plot [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2665/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] a (shrewd) device, plot, only in תָּֽמְנוּ ח׳ מְחֻפָּשׂ ψ 64:7 (cf. חָפַשׂ supr.)

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a plot (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 64:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.64.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.64.7/#tree)

יַֽחְפְּֽשׂוּ־עוֹלֹ֗ת תַּ֭מְנוּ חֵ֣פֶשׂ מְחֻפָּ֑שׂ וְקֶ֥רֶב אִ֝֗ישׁ וְלֵ֣ב עָמֹֽק׃

*Word for word:* they.plot injustice(s) we.have.finished a.plot plotted and.\[the\] inner.being of.a.person and.\[the\] heart \[is\].deep

*JPS 1917:* They search out iniquities, they have accomplished a diligent search; even in the inward thought of every one, and the deep heart.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2665.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2665/): 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).