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. + 9 t. Imperfect; Infinitive construct לַחְשֹׁב Exodus 31:4 3t.; Participle חשֵׁב Exodus 26:1 15t., חוֺשֵׁב2Chronicles 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 2 accusative 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; so, 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), so 2 Chron 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 חוֺשֵׁב2Chronicles 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. + 10 t. Perfect; Imperfect יֵחָשֵׁב Leviticus 7:18 7t., etc., + 6 t. Imperfect; Participle נֶחְשָׁב Isaiah 2:22; 1 Kings 10:21; 2Chronicles 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 2Chronicles 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 Perfect3masculine singular חִשַּׁב Leviticus 25:27 4t.; feminine חִשְּׁבָה Jonah 1:4; 1singular חִשַּׁבְתִּי Psalm 77:6; Psalm 119:59; Imperfect יְחַשֵּׁב Proverbs 16:9; Daniel 11:24, תְּחַשְּׁבוּן Nahum 1:9, etc., + 4 t. 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 son, 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.