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ḥāfēṣ חָפֵץAto delight in, Bto bend’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root
Variants: חָפֵץ, חָפַץ

ḥāfēṣ v
A1) 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
B1) to move, bend down
 1a) (Qal) to bend down

Mentioned in Genesis 34:19 Numbers 14:8 Deuteronomy 25:7, 25:8, 21:14 Judges 13:23 1 Samuel 2:25, 18:22, 19:1 2 Samuel 24:3, 20:11, 15:26, 22:20 1 Kings 10:9, 9:1 Isaiah 42:21, 66:3, 1:11, 66:4, 55:11, 58:2, 53:10, 56:4, 62:4, 13:17, 65:12 Jeremiah 6:10, 9:23, 42:22 Ezekiel 18:23, 18:32, 33:11 Hosea 6:6 Jonah 1:14 Micah 7:18 Malachi 2:17 Psalms 68:31, 109:17, 51:21, 40:7, 41:12, 112:1, 147:10, 22:9, 40:9, 115:3, 51:8, 73:25, 135:6, 37:23, 119:35, 51:18, 18:20 Proverbs 18:2, 21:1 Job 13:3, 9:3, 21:14, 33:32, 40:17 Song of Songs 2:7, 3:5, 8:4 Ruth 3:13 Ecclesiastes 8:3 Esther 6:6, 6:7, 6:9, 6:11, 2:14 2 Chronicles 9:8

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