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Proverbs 18:2

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3808 hath no לא

H2654 delight יחפץ

H3684 A fool כסיל

H8394 in understanding בתבונה

H3588 but כי

H518 אם

H1540 may discover itself בהתגלות

H3820 that his heart לבו׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3684 fool

hath

H3808 no

H2654 delight

H8394 understanding

H3588 but

that

his

H3820 heart

may

discover

H1540 itself

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2654

Hebrew: חָפֵץ

Transliteration: châphêts

Pronunciation: khaw-fates'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) any at {all} ({have} take) {delight} {desire} {favour} {like} {move} be (well) {pleased} have {pleasure} {will} would.

Definition:

properly to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively to be pleased {with} desire

1. to delight in, take pleasure in, desire, be pleased with

a. (Qal)

1. of men 1a

b. to take pleasure in, delight in 1a

c. to delight, desire, be pleased to do

1. of God 1a

d. to delight in, have pleasure in 1a

e. to be pleased to do

2. to move, bend down

a. (Qal) to bend down

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906