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# חָצָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2673

**divide** — used 15 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

divide [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2673/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָצָה: vb. divide )Qal [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2673/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. divide (NH id.; Arabic حَظِىَ / حُظِىَ is be fortunate, happy with one’s husband or wife, etc., i.e. have a share in happiness; حَظْوَةٌ a small arrow; Di134 puts here Ethiopic ሐጸ: arrow, cf. חֵצִי)Qal Pf. חָצָה Nu 31:42; וְחָצִיתָ consec. Nu 31:27; וְחָצוּ consec. Ex 21:35; Impf. יֶחֱצֶה Is 30:28; וַיַּ֫חַץ Gn 32:8 + 2 times; וַיֶּחֱצֵם Ju 9:43; יֶחֱצוּ ψ 55:24; יֶחֱצוּן Ex 21:35; יֶחֱצוּהוּ Jb 40:30;— divide, sq. כסף Ex 21:35; שׁור v 35 (both JE), לִוְיָתָן crocodile Jb 40:30; prey, מלקוח, Nu 31:27 (P; c. לְ before parts); a company of people Gn 32:8 (sq. לְ as foreg.), 33:1 (both J) Ju 9:43 (לְ as foreg.) but cf. 7:16. (appar. denom. from חֲצִי) ψ 55:24 לא יח׳ ימיהם shall not halve their days, i.e. enjoy even half of the normal number; Is 30:28 עד צואר יח׳ shall halve unto the neck = shall reach to the neck and so divide the man in half. Impf. 3 fs. apoc. תֵּחָץ Dn 11:4 be divided (of kingdom), sq. לְ; ולא יֵחָ֫צוּ עוד לשׁני גוים Ez 37:22 (Judah and Isr.); water of Jordan 2 K 2:8, 14.

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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he divided (3); they were divided (2); he (1).

## In the verses

[Job 40:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.30/#tree)

יִכְר֣וּ עָ֭לָיו חַבָּרִ֑ים יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּ בֵּ֣ין כְּֽנַעֲנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* will.they.barter? on it partners will they.divide.it? between merchants

*JPS 1917:* Will the bands of fishermen make a banquet of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

[Numbers 31:42](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.42/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.42/#tree)

וּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ חָצָ֣ה מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִן־הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים הַצֹּבְאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and from the.half of.the.people of.Israel which he.had.divided Moses from the men \[who had\].gone.to.war

*JPS 1917:* And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred —

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2673.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2673/): 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).