חָפֵץ châphêts — properly, to incline to
Translated in the KJV as × any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.
châphêts in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 50Imperfect (yiqtol) 24Infinitive absolute 1
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›