Lexical Definition

‎חָפֵץ‎ châphêts (khaw-fates') to delight in ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.

• 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
1a) (Qal)
1a1) of men
1a1a) to take pleasure in, delight in
1a1b) to delight, desire, be pleased to do
1a2) of God
1a2a) to delight in, have pleasure in
1a2b) to be pleased to do
2) to move, bend down
2a) (Qal) to bend down

See Greek: ἀγαπάω · αἱρέομαι · αἱρετίζω · βούλημα · ἐπιθυμέω · εὐδοκέω · θέλω · ἵστημι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָפֵץ‎ verb delight in (compare Arabic be mindful of, attentive to, keep, protect, Aramaic whence eager, zealous, Arabic anger (excitement), enrage (Aramaic and Arabic of excited attention, Hebrew of delighted attention), Dl^{Pr 168} Nö^{ZMG 1886, 742}; Late Hebrew ‎חֵפֶץ‎ weakened to thing, see De^{Ec. Glossary}, Phoenician in proper name ‎חפצבעל‎); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Gen 34:19 + 28 t.; feminine ‎הָפֵ֑צָה‎ Isa 66:3?; 2 masculine ‎חָפַצְתָּ‎ Deut 21:14 + 4 t.; ‎חָפָ֫צְנוּ‎ Job 21:14, etc., + 14 t. Perfect; Imperfect ‎יַחְפֹּץ‎ Deut 25:7 + 7 t.; ‎יֶחְפָּ֑ץ‎ Ps 37:23; Ps 147:10 plural ‎יַחְפְּצוּ‎ Isa 13:17; Jer 6:10 ‎יֶחְפָּ֑צוּ‎ Ps 68:31* ‎יֶחְפָּצוּ֑ן‎ Isa 58:2 (twice in verse) etc. + 9 t. Imperfect; Infinitive absolute ‎חָפֹץ‎ Ezek 18:23 on Participle ‎חָפֵץ‎ = adjective verb., see below; —

1. of men:
a. take pleasure in, delight in, with ‎בְּ‎, a woman Gen 34:19 (J), Deut 21:14; Esth 2:14 a man 1Sam 18:22; 1Sam 19:1; 2Sam 20:11 in matters and things 2Sam 24:3; Isa 13:17; Isa 66:3; Jer 6:10; Ps 109:17; Ps 112:1; Ps 119:35; Prov 18:2; Esth 6:6; Esth 6:7; Esth 6:9 (twice in verse); Esth 6:11 with accusative Ps 68:31*; Isa 58:2; Eccl 8:3 implicit object Ps 73:25.
b. delight, desire, be pleased to do a thing, would do it Deut 25:7; Deut 25:8; 1Kgs 9:1; Esth 6:6; Ruth 3:13; Ps 40:9*; Job 9:3; Job 13:3; Job 21:14; Job 33:32; Isa 58:2; Jer 42:22.
c. absolute ‎עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּ֑ץ‎ until it please (of love) Song 2:7; Song 3:5; Song 8:4.

2. of God:
a. delight in, have pleasure in, with ‎בְּ‎, persons Num 14:8 (J), 2Sam 15:26; 2Sam 22:20 = Ps 18:20*, 1Kgs 10:9 = 2Chr 9:8; Ps 22:9*; Ps 41:12*; Isa 62:4 not in the strength of a horse Ps 147:10 in doing evil Mal 2:17 in the death of the sinner Ezek 18:32; Ezek 33:11 but in mercy, justice, and righteousness Jer 9:23* ‎בחר באשׁר (לא) חפצתי‎ Isa 56:4; Isa 65:12; Isa 66:4 not with (accusative) the blood of bullocks Isa 1:11 ‎זבח (ים ׅ‎; Ps 40:7*; Ps 51:18*; Ps 51:21*, or the death of the sinner Ezek 18:23 (twice in verse); but with ‎חסד‎ Hos 6:6; Mic 7:18, ‎אמת‎ Ps 51:8* with the way of a man Ps 37:23 ‎כל אשׁר‎ ‎חפץ‎ Ps 115:3; Ps 135:6; Prov 21:1 ‎אשׁר חפץ‎ Isa 55:11; Jonah 1:14.
b. pleased to do a thing with infinitive Judg 13:23; 1Sam 2:25; Isa 53:10.
c. with imperfect subject (Ges^{«GKC:142»§ 142} (3) c) ‎חָפֵץ יגדיל תּורה‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ Yahweh was pleased to magnify teaching Isa 42:21. — On Job 40:17 see ‎חָפַץ‎.

[‎חָפַץ‎] verb bend down (Arabic lower, depress, as wings Qor 15:88) — only Qal Imperfect ‎יַחְפֹּץ זְנָבוֺ כְמוֺאֶֿרֶז‎ Job 40:17 he bendeth down (extendeth down stiffly) his tail like a cedar, see Wetzst in De^{Job 526} Hi^{Hiob 299}.

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