Word

חֵצִי

chêtsîy · H2677 · Hebrew · 125 occurrences

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Meanings

One part of an object or substance that has been divided into two parts (half (of object or substance))

Examples
Exodus 24:6 Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
Exodus 26:12 “The overhanging part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle.
Deuteronomy 3:12 “So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the Valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites.
One half of a measure (half (measure))

Examples
Exodus 25:10 “Now they shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
Exodus 25:17 “And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Exodus 25:23 “You shall also make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide, and one and a half cubits high.
One half of a range of activities (half (of activities))

Examples
2 Chronicles 9:6 “But I did not believe their stories until I came and my own eyes saw it all. And behold, not even half of the greatness of your wisdom was reported to me. You have surpassed the report that I heard.
A reference to a location in the middle of an object, on an imaginary division line as if it were divided into two parts (middle (of object))

Examples
Exodus 27:5 “And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting will reach halfway up the altar.
Exodus 38:4 And he made for the altar a grating of bronze netting beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up.
Joshua 10:13 So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the Book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hurry to go down for about a whole day.
A point of time in the middle of a larger period of time (middle (of time))

Examples
Exodus 12:29 Now it came about at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle.
Judges 16:3 Now Samson lay asleep until midnight, and at midnight he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two doorposts, and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron.
Ruth 3:8 And it happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet.

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

102 occurrences in 34 groups

שֵׁבֶטtribe, rod 22
מַטֶּהtribe, staff, rod 12
הוּhis 9
אַמָּהcubit 6
פֶּלֶךְdistrict 5
לַיִלnight 4
Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (28) 28

Named alongside itApposition

5 occurrences in 5 groups

בֵּןson 1
גְּבוּלborder, territory 1
יַיִןwine 1
סֶרַחoverhanging 1
שֶׁמֶןoil 1

What it doesIt is the subject

19 occurrences in 13 groups

לָקַחto take, to receive 3
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16

What is done to itIt is the object

11 occurrences in 6 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 3
נָתַןto give, to put, to set 3
שָׂרַףto burn 2
גָּלַחto shave (oneself) 1
זָרַקto scatter 1
לָקַחto take, to receive 1

What it is said to bePredicate

5 occurrences in 4 groups

הַרmountain 2
בֵּןson 1
חוֹמָהwall 1
יָצָאto go out 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

20 occurrences in 6 groups

רֹחַבbreadth 7
קוֹמָהheight 5
אֹרֶךְlength 5
גְּבוּלborder, territory 1
נָקַבto pierce 1
עָגֹלround 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

47 occurrences in 7 groups

לto/for 27
בin/on/with 17
עַדto, as far as, until 12
מִןfrom 7
עַלon, upon, over, against 5
כlike/as 3

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

9 occurrences in 5 groups

שַׂרcommander, chief, official 5
בֵּןson 1
מַטֶּהtribe, staff, rod 1
מִשְׁפָּחָהclan, family 1
נַחֲלָהinheritance, heritage 1

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

ἥμισυ hḗmisy · G2255 · half: Greek ἥμισυ directly translates Hebrew חֵצִי in its core mathematical and proportional sense of half, reflecting standard Septuagint rendering practice for this basic quantitative term.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Dimension002001001020: The word denotes a half measure or dimension, as in Exodus 25:10's and 25:17's specifications of the ark and mercy seat's half-cubit measurements.
Frequency002001003009: חֵצִי denotes half or a division into two parts, used both as a simple fractional measure (the half-cubit dimensions of the ark's furnishings, Exodus 25:10, 25:17, 25:23) and, in the repeated formula "half...the other half" (Exodus 24:6), genuinely illustrating a distributive, two-part division rather than a simple count — a sense closely related to, though narrower than, the ordinary quantitative "half" sense.
Spatial Referents003002005: The word denotes the middle or midst of a space, as in Exodus 24:6's reference to half the blood being placed in basins and half sprinkled on the altar.
Time002002002010: The word denotes midnight, the middle point of the night, as in Exodus 12:29's account of the LORD striking Egypt's firstborn at midnight.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

חָצָה châtsâh · H2673 · to be divided, to divide oneself, to divide · 15×חֵצִיchêtsîy · H2677מַחֲצִית machătsîyth · H4276 · half, midday, noon · 16×חָצוֹת châtsôwth · H2676 · middle (of time) · 3×מֶחֱצָה mechĕtsâh · H4275 · half · 2×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2677. chatsi חֲצִי123 noun masculineNum 12:12 half (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician חצי; on…

H2677. chatsi
חֲצִי123 noun masculineNum 12:12 half (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician חצי; on formative see LagBN 113) — absolute חֲצִי 1Ki 3:25 (twice in verse) + 3t.; הַחֵ֑צִי 1Ki 10:7, compare 1Ki 16:21; וָחֵ֔צִי Eze 40:42; וָחֵצִי Dan 12:7 Dan 12:13t. (usually with Pashta or Tiphcha), compare בַּחֵ֖צִי 2Sa 10:4; 1Ch 19:4; construct חֲצִי Exo 12:29 84t.; suffix חֶצְיוֺ Exo 38:4 Exo 38:7t. + Jos 8:33 וְהַחֶצְיוֺ (but article suspicious. see Ges§ 127 R 3, 4); חֶצְיָהּ Nehemiah 3:38; חֶצְיֵנוּ 2Sa 18:3; חֶצְיָם Zec 14:8 (twice in verse) + 2t. —
1 half of anything: — blood of offering Exo 24:6 (twice in verse) (JE), beard 2Sa 10:4, a hin Num 15:9-10, Num 28:14 (P); curtain Exo 26:12 (P); week ׳ח השׁבוע Dan 9:27 etc.; ׳ח אַמָּה half a cubit Exo 26:16; Exo 36:21 (P) +; especially ׳ח שׁבט half a tribe Num 32:33; Num 34:13-14, Num 34:15 (P) +; half of people 2Sa 18:3; 2Sa 19:41; 1Ki 16:21 (3 t. in verse) +, etc. so ׳ח הַמְּנֻחוֺת 1Ch 2:52 and ׳ח הַמָּנַחְתִּי 1Ch 2:54 (see Be and מָנַחַת below נוח). — On כבחצי 1Sa 14:4 see We Dr.
2 middle ׳ח הלילה Exo 12:29 (J) midnight, so Jdg 16:3 (twice in verse); Rth 3:8; of garments 2Sa 10:4; 1Ch 19:4; altar Exo 27:5; of the Mt. of Olives Zec 14:4; ׳ח יָמַי Psa 102:25 the midst of my days (when they are but half done), Jer 17:11.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Dimension24 occurrences Time8 occurrences Spatial Referents6 occurrences

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