Original Word: חָדַד
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chadad
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-dad')
Short Definition: sharpened [חָדַד] verb be sharp, keen (Aramaic חֲדַד; Late Hebrew חִדֵּד sharpen; Arabic be sharp and sharpen; Assyrian Pi`el uddudu, sharpen, Dl^{Pr 174, W 121}) —

Qal Perfect וְחַדּ֫וּ מִזְּאֵבֵי עֶרֶב consecutive Habakkuk 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 Isaiah 44:12 after ᵐ5 ᵑ6: the smith sharpeneth an axe.

Hoph`al Perfect3feminine singular הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:15; Ezekiel 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 Proverbs 27:17 a;

Hiph`il sharpen (figurative), Imperfect apoc. יַ֫חַד Proverbs 27:17 b; בַּרְזֶל בְּבֶרְזֶל יָ֑חַד וְאִישׁ יַחְד מְּנֵירֵֿעֵהוּ let iron by means of iron grow sharp, and let a man sharpen the countenance (presence, bearing) of his friend; — so Ki<sup>Michl. 126 a</sup> De Now Kö<sup>Lgb i, 373 f.</sup>, compare Str. (who however makes both forms Hiph`il)

be fierce, sharpen

A primitive root; to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe -- be fierce, sharpen.

הוּחַ֔דָּה הוּחַ֖דָּה הוּחַ֤דָּה הוחדה וְחַדּוּ֙ וחדו יַ֣חַד יָ֑חַד יחד hū·ḥad·dāh huChaddah hūḥaddāh vechadDu wə·ḥad·dū wəḥaddū ya·ḥaḏ yā·ḥaḏ Yachad yaḥaḏ yāḥaḏInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts