חָנֵף

«חָנֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: profane — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 13 times · Key: 2611 · BDB: חָנֵף²

Glosses

godless (3); of.[the].godless (3); a.godless.[person] (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

profane tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. profane, irreligious tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. profane, irreligious (Syriac ܚܰܢܦܳܐ profane, hence often heathen, apostate; Arabic حَنِيفٌ inclining to a right state, especially the true religion, a Muslim)—abs. ח׳ Jb 8:13 + 10 times; pl. חֲנֵפִים Is 33:14; חַנְפֵי Jb 36:13 ψ 35:16;—profane, godless: of persons, אָדָם ח׳ Jb 34:30; גּוֹי ח׳ Is 10:6; as subst. godless man Is 9:16 (‖ מרע) Jb 8:13; 13:16; 17:8; 20:5; 27:8; Pr 11:9; coll. עֲדַת ח׳ Jb 15:34; pl. Is 33:14; חַנְפֵי־לֵב Jb 36:13; בְּחַנְפֵי לַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג ψ 35:16 as profane men, mockers for cake (i.e. table-jesters; on cstr. v. Ges§ 130, 5), but text dub. (v. Checrit. n. Bae).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָנֵף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 34:30

מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃

Word for word: from reigning a.person godless from snares of.a.people

JPS 1917: That the godless man reign not, that there be none to ensnare the people.

Job 8:13

כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־שֹׁ֣כְחֵי אֵ֑ל וְתִקְוַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף תֹּאבֵֽד׃

Word for word: [are].thus [the].paths of.all [those.who].forget (of).God and.[the] hope of.[the].godless it.will.be.lost

JPS 1917: So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;

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