Strong's Definition
from 2654; pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV Usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֵ֫פֶץ (che.phets) — pleasure. 1) delight, pleasure 1a) delight 1b) desire, longing 1c) the good pleasure 1d) that in which one takes delight
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חפץ · חֶפְצִי־בָהּ
Love
pleasure = state in which humans and deities are emotionally attached to (other) humans
Love
pleasure, desire = state in which humans and deities are emotionally attached to objects
Wish
wish, desire, pleasure = state in which humans feel emotionally attached to a particular event
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֵ֫פֶץ n.m. delight, pleasure delight
desire, longing
the good pleasure, will, purpose, of Yahweh
that in which one takes delight, his business (late), or matter
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