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Strong's #2803 - חָשַׁב
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- to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count
- (Qal)
- to think, account
- to plan, devise, mean
- to charge, impute, reckon
- to esteem, value, regard
- to invent
- (Niphal)
- to be accounted, be thought, be esteemed
- to be computed, be reckoned
- to be imputed
- (Piel)
- to think upon, consider, be mindful of
- to think to do, devise, plan
- to count, reckon
- (Hithpael) to be considered
- (Qal)
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2213) bsh (ההסהב HhShB) AC: Design CO: ? AB: Invention: The process of designing a pattern or plan for an action or device. [from: bs- turning over thoughts]
V) bsh (ההסהב HhShB) - Design: To plan or design a course of action, item or invention. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (125): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel) count, devise, think, imagine, cunning, reckon, purpose, esteem, account, impute, forecast, regard, workman, conceive - Strongs: H2803 (חָשַׁב), H2804 (חֲשַׁב)
Nm) bsh (ההסהב HhShB) - Band: A band with designs used for tying clothing. KJV (8): girdle - Strongs: H2805 (חֵשֶׁב)
af1) ebshm (מההסהבה MHhShBH) - Design: A designing or planning of inventions or plans. KJV (56): thought, device, purpose, work, imagination, cunning, devise, invent - Strongs: H4284 (מַחֲשֶׁבֶת)
af2) tbshm (מההסהבת MHhShBT) - Design: A designing or planning of inventions or plans. KJV (56): thought, device, purpose, work, imagination, cunning, devise, invent - Strongs: H4284 (מַחֲשֶׁבֶת)
jm) nfbsh (ההסהבונ HhShBWN) - Invention: A designed device. KJV (3): reason, account, device - Strongs: H2808 (חֶשְׁבּוֹן)
ejm) nfbih (ההיסהבונ HhYShBWN) - Invention: A designed device. KJV (2): engine, invention - Strongs: H2810 (חִשָּׁבוֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect ׳ח Isaiah 33:8 9t.; חָשַׁבְתָּה 2 Samuel 14:13 etc.; Imperfect יַחְשֹׁב Isaiah 10:7 4t.; יַחֲשָׁבֿ 2 Samuel 19:20; Psalm 40:18; suffix יַחְשְׁבֵנִי Job 19:11; Job 33:10; plural יַחְשְׁבוּ Psalm 41:8; Daniel 11:25; יַחְשֹׁ֑בוּ Isaiah 13:17; יַחֲשֹׁבוּן Psalm 35:20; נַחְשְׁבָה Jeremiah 18:18, etc. + 9t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct לַחְשֹׁב Exodus 31:4 3t.; Participle חשֵׁב Exodus 26:1 15t., חוֺשֵׁב 2 Chronicles 26:15; חשְׁבִים Nehemiah 6:2 3t., חשְׁבֵי Micah 2:1 3t.; —
I. of man:
1 think, account לבבו לא כן יחשׁב Isaiah 10:7 not so thinketh his mind; חשׁבי שׁמוֺ Malachi 3:16 those thinking of his name; followed by 2accusative חשׁבנהו נגוע Isaiah 53:4 we thought him stricken; elsewhere with accusative + לְ Genesis 38:15 (J), 1 Samuel 1:13; Job 19:15; Job 35:2; Job 41:24; Song of Solomon , figurative, of crocodile Job 41:19 he reckoneth iron as straw.
2 devise, plan, mean, with accusative מַחֲשֶׁבֶת רָעָה Ezekiel 38:10, רעה Psalm 35:4; Psalm 140:3; Zechariah 7:10; Zechariah 8:17, תַּהְמֻּכ֑וֺת Proverbs 16:30, מְזִמּוֺת Psalm 10:2; Psalm 21:12, דִּבְרֵי מִרְמוֺת Psalm 35:20, אָוֶן Micah 2:1; Ezekiel 11:2; Psalm 36:5, הַוּוֺת Psalm 52:4; רע(ה) על׳ח devise evil against Genesis 50:20 (E), Jeremiah 48:2; Nahum 1:11, רעה לְ׳ח Psalm 41:8, מַחֲשֶׁבֶת על׳ח Jeremiah 11:19; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 49:30; Daniel 11:25; Esther 8:3; Esther 9:25, כזאת על׳ח 2 Samuel 14:13; with infinitive 1 Samuel 18:25; Jeremiah 18:8; Jeremiah 23:27; Job 6:26; Nehemiah 6:2,6; Esther 9:24; Psalm 140:5; with לבלתי + Imperfect 2 Samuel 14:14 (where, however, Ew reads חוֺבֵ for וחשׁב compare We Dr; in this case לבלתי carries on לֹא יִשָּׂא).
3 charge, impute ׳עון ל׳ח, 2 Samuel 19:20 impute iniquity to.
4 esteem, value, regard, silver Isaiah 13:17, a man Isaiah 33:8, the servant of ׳י Isaiah 53:3.
5 invent ingenious and artistic things, להם כלי שׁיר׳ח Amos 6:5 invent for themselves instruments of music; (כל) מחשׁבת׳ח invent cunning work (of artistic devices in construction of tabernacle) Exodus 31:4; Exodus 35:32,35 (all P), Song of Solomon 2Chron 2:13; מַעֲשֵׂה חשֵׁב work of the cunning (ingenious, inventive) workman (of artistic devices in weaving; see especially VB and Di) Exodus 26:1,31; Exodus 28:6,15; Exodus 36:8,35; Exodus 39:3,8 (all P); מַחֲשֶׁבֶת חוֺשֵׁב 2 Chronicles 26:15 inventions of inventive men (of engines of war); חָרָשׁ וְחשֵׁב craftsman and inventive workman (in construction of tabernacle, see above) Exodus 35:35; Exodus 38:23 (P).
II. of God:
1 think, with accusative pers + לְ indirect object account one לאויב, for an enemy Job 13:24; Job 33:10; לוֺ כצריו׳ח Job 19:11 he accounted me unto him as his adversaries.
2 devise, plan, mean, with accusative + ל indirect object לטבה for good Genesis 50:20 (E); with ל person לִי devise for me Psalm 40:18; accusative of thing + עַל, devise something against a person Micah 2:3; Jeremiah 18:11; towards one Jeremiah 29:11, with אל against Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 50:45; followed by infinitive Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 36:3; Lamentations 2:8.
3 impute, reckon, with accusative of thing + ל person, the habit of believing in ׳י he reckoned to Abram as righteousness Genesis 15:6 (J E; compare Niph`al 3); not impute iniquity to one Psalm 32:2.
Niph`al Perfect נֶחְשַׁב Numbers 18:27,30, נֶחְשַׁבְתִּי Psalm 88:5 etc. + 10t. Perfect; Imperfect יֵחָשֵׁב Leviticus 7:18 7t., etc., + 6t. Imperfect; Participle נֶחְשָׁב Isaiah 2:22; 1 Kings 10:21; 2 Chronicles 9:20: —
1 be accounted, thought, esteemed, with כְּ as Hosea 8:12; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 40:15; Psalm 44:23; Job 18:3; Job 41:21; with לְ Isaiah 29:17 = Isaiah 32:15, Lamentations 4:2; עִם with, among Psalm 88:5, בַּמֶּה Isaiah 2:22 at what (value) ? (see probably interpolated; omitted by ᵐ5); with accusative Deuteronomy 2:11,20; Proverbs 17:28; Nehemiah 13:13; נָכְרִיּוֺת נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ לוֺ Genesis 31:13 (E; ᵐ5 Sam ׳כְּנֶח) Isaiah 40:17.
2 be computed, reckoned, with לְ Joshua 13:3 (D), עַל Leviticus 25:31 (P), 2 Samuel 4:2: absolute כסף was not counted (so plentiful was it) 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20; 2 Kings 22:7.
3 be imputed to any one, with לְ Leviticus 7:18; Numbers 18:27,30 (all P), Leviticus 17:4 (H) Proverbs 27:14; the interposition of Phinehas לוֺ לצדקה׳נח Psalm 106:31 was imputed to him for righteousness (compare Qal II:3).
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular חִשַּׁב Leviticus 25:27 4t.; feminine חִשְּׁבָה Jonah 1:4; 1 singular חִשַּׁבְתִּי Psalm 77:6; Psalm 119:59; Imperfect יְחַשֵּׁב Proverbs 16:9; Daniel 11:24, תְּחַשְּׁבוּן Nahum 1:9, etc., + 4t. Imperfect; Participle מְחַשֵּׁב Proverbs 24:8: —
1 think upon, consider, be mindful of, with accusative Psalm 77:6; Psalm 119:59, (מה) בֶּןאֱֿנוֺשׁ וַתְּחַשְּׁבֵהוּ Psalm 144:3 what (is) man's Song of Solomon , and thou thinkest upon him ("" תֵּדָעֵהוּ).
2 think to do, devise, plan, with accusative Proverbs 16:9, אֶל of persons against whom Hosea 7:15; Nahum 1:9, עַל Daniel 11:24; with infinitive Psalm 73:16; Proverbs 24:8; so of inanimate object הָאֳנִיָּה חִשְּׁבָה לְהִשָּׁבֵר Jonah 1:4 the ship was about to (minded to) be broken up.
3 count, reckon, the years since a sale of land Leviticus 25:27 (H); with לְ person Leviticus 25:52 (H), Leviticus 27:18,23 (P); with עִם Leviticus 25:50 (P); with אֶת 2 Kings 12:16.
Hithpa`el Imperfect בַּגּוֺיִם לֹא יִתְחַשָּׁ֑ב Numbers 23:9 (JE) among the nations it shall not reckon itself.
[חֲשַׁב] verb think, account (see Biblical Hebrew); —
Pe`al Participle pass plural כְּלָה חֲשִׁיבִון Daniel 4:32 like those not accounted of, of no account, Bev Dr.
חָשַׁב fut. (יַחְשֹׁב but יַחֲשָׁב־ Ps. 40:18 יַחֲשֹׁבוּן Psalms 35:20)
(1) to think, to meditate. (Arab. حَسَبَ, Syr. ܚܫܰܒ, Eth. ሐሰበ፡ and ሐዘበ፡ id. The primary idea seems to be that of computing, reckoning, see Piel No. 1; hence, to reckon with; unless perhaps it be that of mixing, like Arab. خشب and اشب, whence חשֵׁב a weaver in coloured figures, properly, one mixing threads and colours). Isaiah 10:7; Genesis 50:20. Followed by an acc. i.q. to think out, to invent, to compose, as songs [music], Amos 6:5 artificial work (compare חִשָּׁבוֹן), Exodus 31:4 whence חשֵׁב an artificer, 2 Chronicles 26:15 especially polymitarius, a weaver of damask adorned with figures (different from רֹקֵם) Exodus 26:1, 31 Exodus 26:31, 28:6 35:35 36:8 39:8. More frequently used in a bad sense; to devise evil, to plot, as חָשַׁב אָוֶן, ח׳ מְזִמָּה Psalms 10:2, 21:12 35:20 36:5 52:4 חָשַׁב רָעָה עַל Genesis 50:20; Micah 2:3; Nahum 1:11 חָשַׁב מַחֲשָׁבוֹת עַל (against some one), Jeremiah 11:19, 18:11, 18 Jeremiah 18:18 followed by אֶל Jeremiah 49:20, 50:45 followed by a gerund, to think, to purpose to do something, Psalms 140:5; 1 Samuel 18:25; Jeremiah 18:8, 26:3 36:3 Job 6:26; Esther 9:24 (where there is added עַל of the person).
(2) to think, to take to be so and so, followed by acc. and dat. (λογίζεσθαί τινα εἰς τι). Genesis 38:15, וַיַּחְשְׁבֶהָ לְזוֹנָה “and he thought her (or, took her for) a harlot.” 1 Samuel 1:13; Job 13:24, 19:15 33:10 35:2 41:19, 24 Job 41:24 followed by an acc. and כְּ Job 19:11. Absol. to make much account of, to esteem, to prize (achten for hochachten). Isaiah 13:17, אֲשֶׁר כֶּסֶף לֹא יַחְשֹׁבוּ “who do not regard silver.” Isaiah 33:8, 53:3 Malachi 3:16.
(3) to impute something to some one; followed by לְ of pers. and acc. of the thing; e.g. sin, Psalms 32:2; 2 Samuel 19:20 a good deed, [which was not any work at all, but simply his believing God], Genesis 15:6.
Niphal
(1) pass. of Piel No. 1, to be computed, reckoned, 2 Kings 22:7 to be accounted, followed by לְ to, Joshua 13:3 עַל 2 Samuel 4:2.
(2) pass. of Kal No. 2, to be taken for,-followed by an acc. Proverbs 17:28, “even a fool while he is silent חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב is counted wise.” Genesis 31:15; Isaiah 40:15. Followed by כְּ to be reckoned equal to some one, Job 18:3, 41:21 Hosea 8:12 (hence to be like, Isaiah 5:28); followed by לְ id. 1 Kings 10:21; Lamentations 4:2. בְּ Isaiah 2:22, בַּמֶּה נֶחְשָׁב הוּא “to what shall he be made equal,” i.e. at how much is he to be estimated? followed by עִם Psalms 88:5.
(3) pass. of Kal No. 3, to be imputed to some one, followed by לְ Leviticus 7:18, 17:4 Numbers 18:27; Psalms 106:31.
Piel
(1) to compute, to reckon; (as to the primary signification of roots being very often preserved in Piel, see Lehrg. p. 242); with acc. (etwas berechnen, ausrechnen) Leviticus 25:27, 50 Leviticus 25:50, 52 Leviticus 25:52, 27:18, 23 Leviticus 27:23, אֵת (אִתּ) to reckon with any, 2 Kings 12:16.
(2) to consider, to think upon (bedenken), Psalms 77:6, 119:59.
(3) to think, to meditate, i.q. Kal No. 1, absol. Psalms 73:16 followed by an acc. to think out, Proverbs 16:9 in a bad sense, to devise, to plot, followed by עַל of pers. חִשַּׁב מַחֲשָׁבוֹת עַל Daniel 11:24 אֶל of pers. Nahum 1:9; Hosea 7:15. Metaph. of inanimate things, to be as though it were- Jonah 1:4, “the ship was as though it would be broken.”
Hithpael reflex. i.q. Niphal No. 1, to reckon one’s self with. Numbers 24:9.
The derivatives follow, exc. חַשּׁוּב, מַחֲשָׁבָה.