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# חָצַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2672

**hew** — used 16 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

hew [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2672/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָצַב: vb. hew, hew out, cleave Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2672/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. hew, hew out, cleave (NH id., Aramaic חֲצַב; SI4.6 pt. pl. החצבם; cf. Ph. מחצב = Heb. id.)— Pf. חָצֵב Is 5:2; חָֽצְבָה Pr 9:1; חָצַבְתִּי Ho 6:5, etc.; Impf. וַיַּחְצֹב 2 Ch 26:10; 2 ms. תַּחְצֹב Dt 8:9; Inf. cstr. לַחְצֹב Je 2:13; לַחְצוֹב 1 Ch 22:2; Pt. act. חֹצֵב Is 10:15 + 4 times; cstr. חֹצְבִי Is 22:16; חֹצְבִים 1 Ch 22:2 + 3 times; חֹצְבֵי 2 K 12:13; pass. חֲצוּבִים Dt 6:11 Ne 9:25;— hew out, (dig), wine-vat יֶקֶב Is 5:2; sepulchre (קֶבֶר) Is 22:16(×2); cisterns בֹּרוֹת Dt 6:11(×2) 2 Ch 26:10; Ne 9:25, cf. Je 2:13; of mining מהרריה תַּח׳ נחשׁת Dt 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper. hew stone 1 Ch 22:2; metaph. of pillars Pr 9:1 (subj. wisdom); elsewhere pt., hewer of stone 2 K 12:13; 1 Ch 22:2, 15 (v. SI4.6 supr.); prob. 1 K 5:29; 2 Ch 2:1, 17 (ח׳ בָּהָר v. Be), cf. 24:12; Ezr 3:7. appar. hew wood Is 10:15 ח׳ בוֹ (i.e. בְּגַרְזֶן). metaph. hew in pieces Ho 6:5 fig. of י׳ attacking people by agency of prophets (‖ הֲרַגְתִּים); divide, cleave subj. י׳’s voice ψ 29:7 obj. להבות אשׁ, i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text cf. Che and crit. n.) Impf. יֵחָצְבוּן be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Jb 19:24. Pf. חֻצַּבְתֶּם Is 51:1 fig., hewn out of rock (of Isr.’s origin; ‖ נֻקַּר). Pt. מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת Is 51:9 hew in pieces = Qal 3, fig. of destroying רהב = Egypt (cf. ψ 89:11).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: dug out (2); I have cut \[them\] in pieces (1); \[he is\] digging out (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 9:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.1/#tree)

חָ֭כְמוֹת בָּנְתָ֣ה בֵיתָ֑הּ חָצְבָ֖ה עַמּוּדֶ֣יהָ שִׁבְעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* wisdom(s) she.has.built house her she.has.hewn pillars her seven

*JPS 1917:* Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;

[Job 19:24](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.24/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.19.24/#tree)

בְּעֵט־בַּרְזֶ֥ל וְעֹפָ֑רֶת לָ֝עַ֗ד בַּצּ֥וּר יֵחָצְבֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* with a.stylus of.iron and lead forever in the rock they will.be.engraved

*JPS 1917:* That with an iron pen and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2672.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2672/): 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).