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# חוּץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2351

**the outside** — used 164 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

the outside [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2351/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חוּץ: street [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2351/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] the outside, sometimes, especially in pl., spec. a street, never with sf. in sg., with ָה loc. ח֫וּצָה, חֻ֫צָה, pl. חוּצוֹת, חֻצוֹת, with sf. חוּצֹתָיו etc., Is 15:3 etc.;— the outside, of a house, tent, city, camp, etc., often used, especially with preps., to express the adv. idea of outside, abroad (Aramaic syn., except in sense 2 a, is בַּר, ܒܰܪ): as accus. after vb. of motion Dt 23:13 יָצָא חוּץ to go forth outside (sc. a camp), v 14 (as adv. accus.) בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ חוּץ outside, הוֹצִיא הַחוּץ to bring forth outside (a house or chamber) Ju 19:25 2 S 13:18 cf. Ne 13:8, Ju 12:9b בָּנוֹת הֵבִיא לְבָנָיו מִן־הַחוּץ from outside, from abroad, 2 K 4:3 שַׁאֲלִי־לָךְ כֵּלִים מִן־הַחוּץ from outside (opp. בַּבַּיִת v 2); as genit. Lv 18:9 מוֹלֶדֶת חוּץ one born abroad (i.e. by another father or mother, of a half-sister: opp. מוֹלֶדֶת בַּיִת) Ez 47:2(×2). With ָה loc. חוּצָה, after a vb. of motion Ex 12:46 מִן־הַבַּיִת … חוּצָה, Pr 5:16 2 Ch 29:16, 33:15 חוּצָה לָעִיר outside of the city, Nu 35:4 מִקִּיר הָעִיר וָחוּצָה from the wall of the city and outwards; = on the outside, without 1 K 6:6 Is 33:7 צָֽעֲקוּ חוּצָה cry without, 2 Ch 24:8: so הַחוּצָה Gn 15:5 וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הח׳ and brought him outside, 19:17; 24:29 Jos 2:19 +, 1 K 8:8 לֹא יֵרָאוּ הַחוּצָה were not seen towards the outside, Dt 25:5 לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר i.e. shall not be married into another family, cf. Ju 12:9a. with preps.: a. †אל־החוץ towards the outside Ez 41:9, †34:21 pleon. אל־החוצה. b. בחוץ Gn 9:22 outside (opp. בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה v 21), 24:31 לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוּץ, Dt 24:11 Ex 21:19 אם יקום והתהלך בחוץ (after leaving a sick couch), 2 K 10:24 ψ 31:12 Ez 7:15 (opp. מִבַּיִת), Ho 7:1 +. c. †לחוץ ψ 41:7 יצא לחוץ; = on the outside Ez 41:17; 42:7, †לַחוּצָה 2 Ch 32:5 towards the outside. d. מִחוּץ on (מִן 1 c) the outside Ez 40:19; 46:2, מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ within and without (of an ark, building, etc.) Gn 6:14 Ex 25:11 = 37:2 1 K 7:9, Dt 32:25 מחוץ תְּשַׁכֶּל־חֶרֶב (opp. וּמֵחֲדָרִים אֵימָה), La 1:20 (cf. Ez 7:15 supr. b); so מֵהַחוּץ †Ez 41:25. מִחוּץ לְ on the outside of, Gn 19:16 וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר, 24:11 Ex 26:35; 37:7(×2) Lv 8:17; 14:8 Nu 35:5 Jos 6:23 Je 21:4 +, even after a vb. of motion 1 K 21:13 וַיּוֹצִיאוּהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר, 2 K 23:6, though in this case אל מחוץ ל is more common, Lv 4:12, 21 אל מחוץ למחנה, 6:4; 10:4; 14:40, 41 + often P, Dt 23:11. e. †מִחוּצָה Ez 40:40 on the outside, מִחוּצָה לְ v 44. f. (late) †חוּץ מִן outside of, Ec 2:25 who can eat, and who enjoy, חוּץ מִמֶּנִּי outside of me, i.e. except me? (but read rather, with 𝔊 𝔖 De Now al., חוּץ מִמֶּנּוּ apart from, without him, i.e. God). (So NH חוּץ מִן except, without, v. De Ec 2:25. Cf. the Aramaic syn. בַּר מִן except Ex 20:3 𝔗, apart from, without Is 36:10 𝔗; Syriac ܠܒܰܪ ܡܶܢ id.) Of a definite locality, viz. that which is outside the houses of a town, i.e. a street Is 51:23 כַּחוּץ לַעֹבְרִים, Je 37:21 חוּץ הָאֹפִים the Bakers’ street, Pr 1:20 בַּחוּץ (‖ בָּֽרְחֹבוֹת: so 7:12; 22:13 Je 9:20); often in pl., as חוּצֹת אַשְׁקְלוֹן the streets of Ashkelon 2 S 1:20, ח׳ ירושׁלם Je 5:1; 7:17, 34 + often Jer., 1 K 20:34 וְחֻצוֹת תָּשִׂים־לְךָ בְּדַמֶּשֶׂק and streets (i.e. bazaars) shalt thou make thee in D., as my father made in Samaria (a concession involving the right of trading), Am 5:16 Is 15:3; 24:11 (as scene of mourning), Is 5:25 Je 51:4 Ez 11:6; 28:23 (as filled with corpses of slain), בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצוֹת i.e. in conspicuous places, Na 3:10 La 2:19; 4:1 Is 51:20, טִיט חוּצוֹת mire of streets Zc 10:5 (trampled on by warriors), in simile, of foes trodden under foot, ψ 18:43 Mi 7:10 (so כְּחֹמֶר ח׳ Is 10:6), metaph. of cheapness and abundance Zc 9:3. more gen., that which is outside enclosed cities, the open country, Jb 18:17 וְלֹא שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חוּץ (v. De), cr. Pr 24:27; in the pl. Jb 5:10 וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל פְּנֵי חוּצוֹת, Pr 8:26 ψ 144:13 (as place where flocks abound).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 98 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: outside (87); the (16); streets (13).

## In the verses

[Ecclesiastes 2:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.2.25/#tree)

כִּ֣י מִ֥י יֹאכַ֛ל וּמִ֥י יָח֖וּשׁ ח֥וּץ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) who? will.he.eat and who? will.he.enjoy outside from me

*JPS 1917:* For who will eat, or who will enjoy, if not I?

[Proverbs 5:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.16/#tree)

יָפ֣וּצוּ מַעְיְנֹתֶ֣יךָ ח֑וּצָה בָּ֝רְחֹב֗וֹת פַּלְגֵי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* will.they.overflow? springs your outside to.\[the\] in the.open places streams of.water

*JPS 1917:* Let thy springs be dispersed abroad, and courses of water in the streets.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2351.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2351/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).