H2300A

חָדַד

cha.dadH:V

be sharp

1) to be sharp, be alert, be keen 1a) (Qal) to be sharp, be keen 1b) (Hiphil) to sharpen 1c) (Hophal) to be sharpened Also means: cha.dah (חָדַה "to sharpen" H2300B)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[חָדַד] verb be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; Late Hebrew חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian Pi`el uddudu, sharpen, DlPr 174, W 121) —

Qal Perfect וְחַדּ֫וּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב consecutive Hab 1:8 are keener than evening wolves (of impetuous Chaldean horses). Hiph`il הֵחֵד (Che Or Brd) or יַחֵד (Näg compare Dr§ 123 a, R), insert Isa 44:12 after ᵐ5 ᵑ6: the smith sharpeneth an axe. Hoph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular הוּחַדָּה Ezek 21:14; Ezek 21:15; Ezek 21:16 be sharpened (in all, subject חֶרֶב). — See also 1. חדה.



I. [חָדָה] verb be or grow sharp; —

Qal grow sharp, Imperfect with apocope = jussive יָ֑חַד Prov 27:17 a; Hiph`il sharpen (figurative), Imperfect apoc. יַ֫חַד Prov 27:17 b; בַּרְזֶל בְּבֶרְזֶל יָ֑חַד וְאִישׁ יַחְד פְּנֵירֵֿעֵהוּ let iron by means of iron grow sharp, and let a man sharpen the countenance (presence, bearing) of his friend; — so KiMichl. 126 a De Now KöLgb i, 373 f., compare Str. (who however makes both forms Hiph`il)


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