חפץ

See also: חפֿץ‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ח־פ־ץ‎ (ḥ-p-ṣ)

Compare with Arabic حَفِظَ‎ (ḥafiẓa, “to keep, to heed, to pay attention”).

Noun

חֵפֶץ • (ḥéfets) m (plural indefinite חֲפָצִים‎) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

object (thing)
‏שים לב לחפץ עזוב או חשוד‎
Pay attention to abandoned or suspicious objects (message often found in public transportation and spaces in Israel)
desire

Verb

חָפַץ • (ḥafáts) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

desire
(Ashkenazic Hebrew) want
Synonym: רָצָה‎ (ratsá)

References

H2654 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“חפץ” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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