חֲנִית
Used: 47 times · Key: 2595 · BDB: חֲנִית
Glosses
spear (22); a.spear (7); his.spear (4)
Meaning (OSHB)
spear tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. spear tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. spear (as flexible? v. Thes);—abs. חֲנִית 2 S 13:19 + 26 times; cstr. id. 1 S 26:16 (so v 22 Qr, where Kt has art.); sf. חֲנִיתֶ֑ךָ Hb 3:11; חֲנִיתוֹ 1 S 17:7(×2) + 11 times + 2 S 23:8, v. infr.; pl. חֲנִיתִים 2 Ch 23:9; חֲנִיתוֹתֵיהֶם Is 2:4 = חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Mi 4:3;— spear, as hurled 1 S 18:10, 11; 19:9, 10(×2) 20:33; held by king 22:6; sign of king’s presence 26:7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 22 (v. RSK 171); also 2 S 1:6; 2:23; 21:19; 23:18, 21(×3) 1 Ch 11:11 = 2 S 23:8, where read הוּא עוֹרֵר אֶת־חֲנִיתוֹ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֹ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Ch 11:20, 23(×3); pl. 2 Ch 23:9; often ‖ חֶרֶב 1 S 13:19, 22; 17:45, 47; 21:9; Is 2:4 = Mi 4:3,; Na 3:3; ‖ שְׁלָטִים 2 K 11:10; ‖ צִנָּה 1 Ch 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Jb 41:18; סְגֹר ψ 35:3; ‖ קֶשֶׁת ψ 46:10. shaft of spear is עֵץ ח׳ 2 S 23:7; 1 Ch 20:5 + 1 S 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ). spear-head לַהֶבֶת ח׳ 1 S 17:7, cf. לַהַב ח׳ Jb 39:23; בְּרַק ח׳ Na 3:3; Hb 3:11. butt of spear אַחֲרֵי ח׳ 2 S 2:23. metaph. of teeth of lions ψ 57:5 (‖ חצים; fig. of Psalmist’s enemies).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «חֲנִית» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
עָ֭לָיו תִּרְנֶ֣ה אַשְׁפָּ֑ה לַ֖הַב חֲנִ֣ית וְכִידֽוֹן׃
Word for word: on it it.rattles a.quiver [the].blade of.a.spear and a.javelin
JPS 1917: The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
מַשִּׂיגֵ֣הוּ חֶ֭רֶב בְּלִ֣י תָק֑וּם חֲנִ֖ית מַסָּ֣ע וְשִׁרְיָֽה׃
Word for word: [is].reaching it a.sword not it.is.established a.spear a.dart and a.javelin
JPS 1917: If one lay at him with the sword, it will not hold; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.
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