חֵת

«חֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: Heth — 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: 14 times · Key: 2845 · BDB: חֵת

Glosses

of.Heth (12); Heth (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

Heth tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. appar. represented as ancestor of the Hittites (etym. and meaning unknown; pronounced as from √ ע״ע in Heb. & Assyrian, but not Egyptian; v. חִתִּי infr.)—‘begotten’ by Canaan Gn 10:15 (J) = 1 Ch 1:13; elsewhere only in combin. with בְּנֵי, בְּנוֹת; בְּנֵי־חֵת according to P lived at Mamre (Hebron), and one of them sold Abraham the cave of Machpelah for a sepulchre Gn 23:3, 5, 10(×2), 16, 18, 20; 25:10; 49:32. בְּנוֹת(־)חֵת only of wives of Esau Gn 27:46(×2) (P; 𝔊 om. v b; ‖ בְּנוֹת הָאָרֶץ = בְּנוֹת כְּנָ֑עַן 28:1).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Genesis 10:15

וּכְנַ֗עַן יָלַ֛ד אֶת־צִידֹ֥ן בְּכֹר֖וֹ וְאֶת־חֵֽת׃

Word for word: and Canaan he.fathered (et) Sidon firstborn his and (et) Heth

JPS 1917: And Canaan begot Zidon his firstborn, and Heth;

Genesis 23:5

וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ בְנֵי־חֵ֛ת אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם לֵאמֹ֥ר לֽוֹ׃

Word for word: and they.answered the.people of.Heth (et) Abraham (cmp) to him

JPS 1917: And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him:

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