--- title: חֵץ — arrow · The Tanakh dictionary description: חֵץ (2671), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 53 times: arrow. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2671.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-5.md)‎ / חֵץ‎ # חֵץ «חֵץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **arrow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 53 times · **Key:** 2671 · **BDB:** חֵץ² ### Glosses arrows (34); an.arrow (9); arrow (6) ### Meaning (OSHB) arrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2671/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2671/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 S 20:20 arrow, mostly poet. and proph. (cf. חֵצִי supr. sub חצה)—abs. ח׳ ψ 91:5 + 9 times + 1 S 17:7 Kt (Qr עֵץ q.v.); cstr. id. 2 K 13:17(×2); sf. חִצִּי Jb 34:6, חִצּוֹ ψ 58:8 Zc 9:14, חִצָּם ψ 11:2; 64:4; Pl. חִצִּים Gn 49:23 + 17 times + 1 S 20:38 Qr (Kt חֵ֫צִי q.v.) + 2 S 22:15 (חִצָּיו ‖ ψ 18:15); cstr. חִצֵּי Jb 6:4 ψ 120:4 + Ez 5:16 (Co חִצַּי cf. 𝔊 𝔖 Hi); חִצַּי Dt 32:23, 42 (Ez 5:16 v. supr.), חִצֶּיךָ ψ 38:3 + 4 times חֲצָצֶיךָ 77:18; חִצָּיו Is 5:28 + 5 times;— lit., shot from bow by hand 1 S 20:20, 21(×2), 22 (𝔊 We sg., i.e. הַחֵצִי, in v 21, 22, see also Dr) v 36, 38 Qr 2 K 19:32 = Is 37:33, Is 5:28; 7:24; Je 50:9, 14; 51:11; Ez 39:3, 9; 1 Ch 12:2; shot from engine of war 2 Ch 26:15; used in divination Ez 21:26 cf. 2 K 13:15(×2), 17(×2), 18; בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים = archers Gn 49:23. fig. of Israel’s weapons Nu 24:8, of the (Messianic) king ψ 45:6, of Yahweh’s judgments Dt 32:23, 42; Jb 6:4 (cf. חִצִּי = my wound 34:6), ψ 7:14; 38:3; 58:3 (but on text cf. Checrit. n.) 64:8; 120:4 (? cf. Che); further Pr 7:23; La 3:12; Ez 5:16; in theoph. ψ 18:15 = 2 S 22:15, cf. Hb 3:11 Zc 9:14 ψ 77:18; 144:6; of wicked men’s violence ψ 11:2 cf. 91:5, under fig. of lion’s teeth ψ 57:5; their words ψ 64:4 cf. Pr 25:18; Je 9:8; simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one’s children, ψ 127:4; of a deceiver’s words Pr 26:18; metaph. of servant of ח׳ בָּרוּר י׳ Is 49:2.—In 1 S 17:7 read עֵץ (for חֵץ) as Qr and ‖ 2 S 21:19 = the shaft; v. עֵץ; so Klo Dr Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 49 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חֵץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2671/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 120:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.120.4/) חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֝֗ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃ *Word for word:* arrows of.a.warrior sharpened with burning.coals of.broom.plants *JPS 1917:* Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of broom. [Proverbs 26:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.18/) כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ הַיֹּרֶ֥ה זִקִּ֗ים חִצִּ֥ים וָמָֽוֶת׃ *Word for word:* like a.madman \[who\] throws burning.arrows arrows and death *JPS 1917:* As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death; - ← previous: [חׇפְשִׁית](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2669.md) - next →: [חָצַב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2672.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-5.md)