חָפֵץ
cha.phets
“to delight in”
Definition
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
a primitive root;
- to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of men 1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in 1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do 1a2) of a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in 1a2b) to be pleased to do
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
חָפֵץ appears 60 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?”says the LORD.“I am full from the burnt offerings of ramsand the fat of well-fed cattle;I take no delight in the blood of bullsand lambs and goats.
Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
The cursing that he loved,may it fall on him;the blessing in which he refused to delight,may it be far from him.
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