Lexical Definition

‎חֶפְצִי בָּהּ‎ Chephtsîy bâhh (khef-tsee'baw) Hephzibah ^N:N-F-P
from ‎חֵפֶץ‎ with suffixes; my delight (is) in her

Hephzi-bah.

• § Hephzi-bah = "my delight is in her"
• Cheptsi-bah, a fanciful name for Palestine

1) the queen of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh
2) a name for Jesusalem (fig.)

Extended Information

name of: יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם

• Hephzi-bah = "my delight is in her"
• Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (‎י‎ְ‎רו‎ּ‎ש‎ָׁ‎ל‎ִַ֫‎ם‎, ‎י‎ְ‎רו‎ּ‎ש‎ְׁ‎ל‎ֵ‎ם‎ "Jerusalem" יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶפְצִיבָֿהּ‎ proper name, feminine (my delight is in her; compare Phoenician ‎חפצבעל‎) —

1. mother of king Manasseh 2Kgs 21:1.

2. figurative name of Zion Isa 62:4, here explained by ‎כִּי חפץ יהוה בָּךְ‎ for Yahweh delighteth in thee.

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