cha.phets describes willing desire or delight, including pleasure taken in a person, righteousness, or peace.

The occurrences chiefly show desire or willingness in personal choices and in clauses identifying people by what they seek; they also show delight or favorable pleasure directed toward a person, righteousness, or peace. One negative context places the term alongside God's rejection of evil workers.

1. Willing desire or what a person seeks · dominant

   In 1 Kings 13:33, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause about whoever wished to be appointed; in 1 Kings 21:6, the same form occurs in Naboth's response to an offered exchange. Psalm 34:13 uses a singular absolute form in an instruction concerning speech, while the construct plural forms in Psalm 40:15 and Psalm 70:3 occur with those who say, "Aha, Aha!"; the APB does not make this term's individual contribution explicit in those psalms.

   1 Kings 13:331 Kings 21:6Psalm 34:13Psalm 40:15Psalm 70:3
2. Delight or favorable pleasure · common

   In Malachi 3:1 and Nehemiah 1:11, masculine plural absolute forms occur in clauses the APB renders with "delight," respectively concerning the messenger of the covenant and servants who fear God's name. Psalm 35:27 places a masculine plural construct form in the clause about those who delight in righteousness and a masculine singular absolute form in the clause about the LORD's pleasure in his servant's peace; Psalm 5:5 supplies a negative setting, where the APB says that God hates workers of evil.

   Malachi 3:1Nehemiah 1:11Psalm 35:27Psalm 5:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "wished," "willing," and "delight" in several contexts, while some psalm occurrences are absorbed into the surrounding translation or are not individually visible. Its varying English wording confirms the clauses' overall direction rather than fixing a separate meaning for each form.