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Isaiah 56:4

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3588 For כי

H3541 thus כה

H559 saith אמר

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H5631 unto the eunuchs לסריסים

H834 that אשׁר

H8104 keep ישׁמרו

H853 את

H7676 Sabbath שׁבתותי

H977 and choose ובחרו

H834 the things that באשׁר

H2654 please חפצתי

H2388 me and take hold ומחזיקים

H1285 of my covenant בבריתי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3588 For

H3541 thus

H559 saith

the

H3068 LORD

unto

the

H5631 eunuchs

H834 that

H8104 keep

H7676 sabbaths

and

H977 choose

the

things

H834 that

H2654 please

and

take

H2388 hold

H1285 covenant

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H2654

Hebrew: חָפֵץ

Transliteration: châphêts

Pronunciation: khaw-fates'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) any at {all} ({have} take) {delight} {desire} {favour} {like} {move} be (well) {pleased} have {pleasure} {will} would.

Definition:

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

a. (Qal)

1. of men 1a

b. to take pleasure in, delight in 1a

c. to delight, desire, be pleased to do

1. of God 1a

d. to delight in, have pleasure in 1a

e. to be pleased to do

2. to move, bend down

a. (Qal) to bend down

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906