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ḥēfeṣ חֵ֫פֶץ ‘pleasure’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāfēṣ חָפֵץ ‘to delight in / to bend’
Roots: חפץ

ḥēfeṣ n, m
1) delight, pleasure
 1a) delight
 1b) desire, longing
 1c) the good pleasure
 1d) that in which one takes delight

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 18:25, 15:22 2 Samuel 23:5 1 Kings 9:11, 5:22, 5:23, 5:24, 10:13 Isaiah 54:12, 48:14, 46:10, 53:10, 58:13, 44:28, 62:4, 58:3 Jeremiah 22:28, 48:38 Hosea 8:8 Malachi 1:10, 3:12 Psalms 16:3, 107:30, 1:2, 111:2 Proverbs 31:13, 3:15, 8:11 Job 21:21, 31:16, 22:3 Ecclesiastes 8:6, 5:3, 12:1, 5:7, 3:17, 12:10, 3:1 2 Chronicles 9:12

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