•חָצָה S 2673 TWOT 719 GK 2936 vb. divide (NH id. Arabic حَظِىَ / حُظِىَ ( ḥaẓiya / ḥuẓiya ) is be fortunate, happy with one’s husband or wife, etc., i.e. have a
share
in happiness;
حَظْوَةٌ
(
ḥaẓwatun
)
a small arrow;
Di
134 puts here Ethiopic
˜˜
(
ḥaṣṣa
)
arrow
,
cf.
חֵצִי
)
Qal
Pf.
חָצָה
Nu 31:4
2;
וְחָצִיתָ
consec.
Nu 31:2
7;
וְחָצוּ
consec.
Ex 21:3
5;
Impf.
יֶחֱצֶה
Is 30:2
8;
וַיַּ˜חַץ
Gn 32:8
+
2 times;
וַיֶּחֱצֵם
Ju 9:4
3;
יֶחֱצוּ
ψ 55:24
;
יֶחֱצוּן
Ex 21:3
5;
יֶחֱצוּהוּ
Jb 40:3
0;—
1.
divide
,
sq.
כסף
Ex 21:3
5;
שׁור
v
35
(both JE),
לְוְיָתָן
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.
7:1
6.
2.
(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
צואר יח׳ עד
shall halve unto the neck
=
shall reach to the neck and so divide the man in half.
Niph.
Impf.
3
fs.
apoc.
תֵּחָץ
Dn 11:4
be divided
(of kingdom),
sq.
לְ
;
ולא יֵחָ˜צוּ עוד לשׁני גוים
Ez 37:22
(Judah and Isr.); water of Jordan
2 K 2:8
,
14
.
• [ חָצֹות ] n.f. ( Inf. form.) division, middle —only cstr. כַּחֲעֹת הַלַּיְלָה Ex 11:4 ( J )— mid-night; חֲצֹות לַיְלָה Jb 34:20 ψ 119:62 , where adverb. phr. of time ( בְּ om.)
חֲצִי S 2677 TWOT 719b GK 2942123 n.m. Nu 12:12 half ( NH id.; Ph. חצי ; on format. v. Lag BN 113) — abs. חֲצִי 1 K 3:25 (×2) + 3 times; הַחֵ˜צִי 1 K 10: 7, cf. 16:21 ; וָחֵ˜צִי Ez 40:4 2; וָחֵצִי Dn 12:7 + 13 times (usually c. Pashta or Tiphcha), cf. בַּחֵ˜צִי 2 S 10:4 1 Ch 19: 4; cstr. חֲצִי Ex 12:29 + 84 times; sf. חֶצְיֹו Ex 38:4 + 7 times + Jos 8:33 וְהַחֶצְיֹו (but art. suspicious v. Ges § 127 R 3, 4 ); חֶצְיָהּ Ne 3:3 8; חֶצְיֵנוּ 2 S 18:3 חֶצְיָם Zc 14:8 (×2) + 2 times— 1. half of anything:—blood of offering Ex 24:6 (×2) (JE), beard 2 S 10:4 , a hin Nu 15:9 , 10 ; 28:14 ( P ); curtain Ex 26:12 ( P ); week ח׳ השׁבוע Dn 9:27 etc.; ח׳ אַמּה half a cubit Ex 26:1 6; 36:21 ( P ) + ; especially ח׳ שׁנט half a tribe Nu 32:33 ; 34:13 , 14 , 15 ( P ) + ; half of people 2 S 18:3 ; 19:41 1 K 16:21 (×3) +, etc. so ח׳ הַמְּנֻחֹות Ch 2:52 and ח׳ הַמָּנַחְתִּי v 54 ( v. Be and מָנַחַת sub
נוח
).—On
כבחצי
1 S 14:14
v. We D
r.
2.
middle
ח׳ הלילה
Ex 12:29
(
J
)
midnight
, so
Ju 16:3
(×2) Ru 3:
8; of garments
2 S 10:4 1 Ch 19:
4; altar
Ex 27:5
; of the Mt. of Olives
Zc 14:4
;
ח׳ יָמַי
ψ 102:25
the midst of my days
(when they are but half done),
Je 17:11
.
×3 three times.