Word

מֶחֱצָה

mechĕtsâh · H4275 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

half

One part of a countable entity that has been divided into two parts

Examples
Numbers 31:36 The half, the share of those who went to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500,
Numbers 31:43 now the congregation’s half was 337,500 sheep,

How it’s used In 3 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

1 occurrences in 1 groups

עֵדָהcongregation, community 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 2 groups

חֵלֶקportion, share, part 1
מִסְפָּרnumber 1

What it doesIt is the subject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 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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Contrasting words 1 word

כֹּל kôl · H3605 · all, every, whole: Represents totality as opposed to the partial/fractional quantity expressed by 'half'; common antonym in quantity semantics.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἥμισυ hḗmisy · G2255 · half: Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew 'half' (noun); the natural lexical match in the LXX for expressions of fractional division into two equal parts.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Quantity002001001046: מֶחֱצָה denotes the quantity one-half, as in the division of Midianite plunder in Numbers 31:36, "the half, the share of those who went out to war."

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×חֵצִי chêtsîy · H2677 · half (of object or substance), half (measure) · 125×מַחֲצִית machătsîyth · H4276 · half, midday, noon · 16×חָצוֹת châtsôwth · H2676 · middle (of time) · 3×מֶחֱצָהmechĕtsâh · H4275

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4275. mechetsah מֶחֱצָה noun feminine half, of spoils; — absolute מֶחֱצָה Num 31:36;…

H4275. mechetsah
מֶחֱצָה noun feminine half, of spoils; — absolute מֶחֱצָה Num 31:36; construct מֶחֱצַת Num 31:43 (both P).

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Quantity2 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