חָתָה

«חָתָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: snatch up — 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: 4 times · Key: 2846 · BDB: חָתָה

Glosses

[will.be].snatching.up (1); he (1); he.snatch.up? (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

snatch up tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. snatch up tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. snatch up, usually fire, coals (NH id.; 𝔗 חֲתָא id. (rare); Assyrian ḫatû is destroy (i.e. snatch away?) v. SASmithAsrb. i. 90)— Impf. יַחְתֶּה Pr 6:27; sf. יַחְתְּךָ ψ 52:7; Inf. cstr. לַחְתּוֹת Is 30:14; Pt. חֹתֶה Pr 25:22;—snatch up, c. acc. אֵשׁ מִיָּקוּד Is 30:14 to snatch up fire from a hearth (‖ לַחְשֹׂף מים מִגֶּבֶא); אֵשׁ בְּחֵיקוֹ Pr 6:27 shall a man snatch up fire in his bosom and his garments not be burned? (in sim. of adulterer); pregn. seize (and put) upon גֶּחָלִים אַתָּה ח׳ על־רֹאשׁוֹ Pr 25:22; יַחְתְּךָ וְיִסָּֽחֲךָ מֵאֹ֑הֶל ψ 52:7 God … shall snatch thee away, and pluck thee up tent-less.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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 (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

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

In the verses

Proverbs 6:27

הֲיַחְתֶּ֤ה אִ֓ישׁ אֵ֬שׁ בְּחֵיק֑וֹ וּ֝בְגָדָ֗יו לֹ֣א תִשָּׂרַֽפְנָה׃

Word for word: will he.snatch.up? a.man fire in bosom his and garments his not will.they.be.burned?

JPS 1917: Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Proverbs 25:22

כִּ֤י גֶֽחָלִ֗ים אַ֭תָּה חֹתֶ֣ה עַל־רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַֽ֝יהוָ֗ה יְשַׁלֶּם־לָֽךְ׃

Word for word: (dm) burning.coals you [will.be].snatching.up on head his and Yahweh he.will.repay to you

JPS 1917: For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward thee.

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