חֵפֶץ

n.m. Pr 3:15 delight, pleasure;—ח׳ Is 54:12 + 20 times; sf. חֶפְצְךָ Is 58:13 etc. + 13 times sfs.; pl. חֲפָצִים Pr 8:11; sf. חֲפָצֶיךָ Pr 3:15; חֲפָצֶ֖ךָ Is 58:13— delight אבני ח׳ Is 54:12 delightful stones; אֶרֶץ ח׳ Mal 3:12 delightsome land; דִּבְרֵי ח׳ Ec 12:10; so perhaps also בִּגְדֵי ח׳ Ez 27:20 garments of delight, i.e. of beauty and luxury (Gr; MT חֹפֶשׁ q.v.); c. בְּ of persons ψ 16:3; Ec 5:3 Mal 1:10; of things 1 S 15:22; 18:25 ψ 1:2; Jb 21:21; Ec 12:1; כְּלִי אֵין חֵפֶץ בּוֹ vessel wherein is no pleasure Je 22:28; 48:38; Ho 8:8; הַחֵפֶץ לְשַׁדַּי כִּי Jb 22:3 is it a pleasure to Shadday that? desire, longing מנע מח׳ דלים Jb 31:16 withhold the poor from (their) desire; מְחוֹז חֶפְצָם the city of their desire ψ 107:30; כל חפץ all (one’s) desire 2 S 23:5 1 K 5:22, 23, 24; 9:11, 10:13 = 2 Ch 9:12; כל חפצים all things to be desired Pr 3:15; 8:11. the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh Ju 13:23 (J) Is 44:28; 46:10; 48:14. that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter (very late, cf. Mish. = thing) חֵפֶץ י׳ בְּיָדוֹ יִצְלַח the good pleasure (cause, business) of Yahweh will prosper in his hands Is 53:10; - Is 58:3, 13; עֲשׂוֹת חֲפָצֶךָ doing thy affairs Is 58:13 (see De in loco); בְּחֵפֶץ כַּפֶּיהָ in the business of her hands Pr 31:13; עֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ time for every matter, affair Ec 3:1, 17; 8:6; אַל־תִּתְמַהּ עַל־הַחֵפֶץ marvel not at the matter Ec 5:7. —חפץ is not used in any of its forms in E D2 H P of the Hexateuch.