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title: חָצוֹת — division · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָצוֹת (2676), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: division. BDB 1906: n.f. division, middle. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָצוֹת

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«חָצוֹת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **division** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 2676 · **BDB:** חָצוֹת

### Glosses

\[the\].middle (1); middle (1); the.middle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

division [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2676/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. division, middle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2676/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. (Inf. form.) division, middle—only cstr. כַּחֲצֹת הַלַּיְלָה Ex 11:4 (J)—midnight; חֲצוֹת לַיְלָה Jb 34:20 ψ 119:62, where adverb. phr. of time (בְּ om.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָצוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2676/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.62/)

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חֲצֽוֹת־לַ֗יְלָה אָ֭קוּם לְהוֹד֣וֹת לָ֑ךְ עַ֝֗ל מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י צִדְקֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].middle of.\[the\].night I.arise to give.thanks to you on the.judgments your.righteousness your

*JPS 1917:* At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous ordinances.

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[Exodus 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.11.4/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֔ה כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה כַּחֲצֹ֣ת הַלַּ֔יְלָה אֲנִ֥י יוֹצֵ֖א בְּת֥וֹךְ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Moses thus he.says Yahweh about the.middle of the.night I \[am\].about.to.go.out in the.midst of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And Moses said: 'Thus saith the LORD: About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt;

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