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# חֵצִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2678

**arrow** — used 4 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

arrow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2678/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֵ֫צִי: n.m. arrow [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2678/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 9:24 arrow (cf. Arabic حَظْوَةٌ / حُظْوَةٌ, Ethiopic ሐጸ: id., Di 134, and v. Dr on 1 S 20:36)—abs. הַחֵ֫צִי 1 S 20:36, 37(×2) + v 38 Kt (Qr הַחִצִּים), perhaps also v 21, 22 (so 𝔊 We, for MT pl. הַחִצִּים), 2 K 9:24; the usual form is חֵץ; v. infr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

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

## In the verses

[1 Samuel 20:36](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.36/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.36/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ רֻ֗ץ מְצָ֥א נָא֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִצִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מוֹרֶ֑ה הַנַּ֣עַר רָ֔ץ וְהֽוּא־יָרָ֥ה הַחֵ֖צִי לְהַעֲבִרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to lad his run find please (et) the arrows which I \[am\].about.to.shoot the lad he.ran and he he.shot the arrow to make.\[it\] pass.beyond.him

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto his lad: 'Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.' And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

[1 Samuel 20:37](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.37/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.37/#tree)

וַיָּבֹ֤א הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־מְק֣וֹם הַחֵ֔צִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָ֖ה יְהוֹנָתָ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֨א יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֤י הַנַּ֙עַר֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר הֲל֥וֹא הַחֵ֖צִי מִמְּךָ֥ וָהָֽלְאָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.came the lad to the.place of the.arrow which he.had.shot Jonathan and he.called.out Jonathan after the lad and he.said ? not \[is\].the arrow from you and beyond

*JPS 1917:* And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said: 'Is not the arrow beyond thee?'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2678.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2678/): 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).