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חֹזֶה

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חֹזֶה

Part of Speech	Noun
Occurrences
Possible Meanings	Prophet Contract?
Related Words	חָזוֹן, חזה

Possible Meanings

1. Prophet

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2. Contract

• Biblical verses – Only in Yeshayahu 28:15,18 do חֹזֶה and וְחָזוּתְכֶם possibly have the modern connotation of a treaty or contract.¹
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Disputed Cases

Yeshayahu 28:15,18

Semantic Evolution

Intra-Biblical

Rabbinic Hebrew

Modern Hebrew

חוזה and חזון are used in Tanakh to refer to a prophet and prophecy. With the possible exception of the above verses in Yeshayahu, חוזה is not used as a word meaning a contract until modern times.

¹ See ShadalYeshayahu 28:15About Shadal who notes that חוזה (meaning a contract) is related to the root חזה in the same way that ראיה (a proof, or sometimes a legal proof) is related to the root ראה. In both pairs, the verb means to see and the noun refers to a public proof or display. However, with the possible exception of these verses in Yeshayahu, חוזה is not used as a word meaning a contract until modern times, and thus medieval commentators offer alternative explanations of the verses in Yeshayahu.