חָצָה
châtsâh · H2673 · Hebrew · 15 occurrences
Meanings
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to be divided, to divide oneself
State in which an object is divided into two or more parts
Examples2 Kings 2:8 And Elijah took his coat, folded it, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
2 Kings 2:14 Then he took the coat of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters, and said, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over.
Ezekiel 37:22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and no longer be divided into two kingdoms.
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to divide, to separate
Causative action by which humans divide an object or a set of objects into two or more parts
ExamplesGenesis 32:7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the herds, and the camels, into two companies;
Genesis 33:1 Then Jacob raised his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel, and the two slave women.
Exodus 21:35 “And if someone’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its proceeds equally; and they shall also divide the dead ox.
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to reach halfway
State in which a substance extends over half of an area
ExamplesIsaiah 30:28 His breath is like an overflowing river, Which reaches to the neck, To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve, And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads astray.
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Literally: to divide (one's) days; hence: process by which humans do not live longer than half the time that they would live otherwise (to live out half (one's) days)
ExamplesPsalm 55:23 But You, God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
15 occurrences in 5 groups
- Not stated: they 6
- Not stated: he, she or it 6
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
- מֹשֶׁהMoses 1
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
9 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
Second objectAs in “call him Lord”
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
7 occurrences in 9 groups
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (9) 9
With adverbsAdverbs
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- הֵנָּהthey 4
- לֹאnot 2
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- διαιρέω diairéō · G1244 · to divide, to distribute, division
- Greek διαιρέω emphasizes the act of distributing or apportioning into shares, while Hebrew חָצָה focuses on the physical act of dividing or cutting through to reach the middle/midst.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Non-Whole002003001021
- The word denotes dividing something into parts, as in Genesis 32:8's and 33:1's accounts of Jacob dividing his company and household into groups.
- Spatial Referents003002005
- The word can denote reaching to the middle or midpoint of a space, describing a division marked by location.
- Time002002002010
- The word can denote living out half of an allotted span, as in a reference to living out only half of one's days.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2673. chatsah חָצָה verb divide (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic is be fortunate, happy with…
חָצָה verb divide (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic is be fortunate, happy with one's husband or wife, etc., i.e. have a share in happiness; a small arrow; Di134 puts here Ethiopic arrow, compare חֵצִי) —
Qal Perfect חָצָה Num 31:42; וְחָצִיתָ consecutive Num 31:27; וְחָצוּ consecutive Exo 21:35; Imperfect יֶחֱצֶה Isa 30:28; וַיַּ֫חַץ Gen 32:8 Gen 32:2t.; וַיֶּחֱצֵם Jdg 9:43; יֶחֱצוּ Psalm 55:24; יֶחֱצוּן Exo 21:35; יֶחֱצוּהוּ Job 40:30; —
1 divide, followed by כסף Exo 21:35; שׁור Exo 21:35 (both J E), לִוְיָתָן crocodile Job 40:30; prey, מלקוח, Num 31:27 (P; with לְ before parts); a company of people Gen 32:8 (followed by לְ as foregoing), Gen 33:1 (both J) Jdg 9:43 (לְ as foregoing) but compare Jdg 7:16.
2 (apparently denominative from חֲצִי) Psalm 55:24 יח ׳לא ימיהם shall not halve their days, i.e. enjoy even half of the normal number; Isa 30:28 יח ׳צואר עד shall halve unto the neck = shall reach to the neck and so divide the man in half.
Niph`al Imperfect3feminine singular with apocope תֵּחָץ Dan 11:4 be divided (of kingdom), followed by לְ; גוים לשׁני עוד יֵחָ֫צוּ ולא Eze 37:22 (Judah and Israel); waters of Jordan 2Ki 2:8, 2Ki 2:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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