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title: חֲצִי — half · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲצִי (2677), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 125 times: half. BDB 1906: n.m. half. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲצִי

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«חֲצִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **half** — 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:** 125 times · **Key:** 2677 · **BDB:** חֲצִי

### Glosses

the.half (36); half (26); (the).half (17)

### Meaning (OSHB)

half [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2677/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. half [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2677/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Nu 12:12 half (NH id.; Ph. חצי; on format. v. Lag BN 113)—abs. חֲצִי 1 K 3:25(×2) + 3 times; הַחֵ֑צִי 1 K 10:7, cf. 16:21; וָחֵ֔צִי Ez 40:42; וָחֵצִי Dn 12:7 + 13 times (usually c. Pashta or Tiphcha), cf. בַּחֵ֖צִי 2 S 10:4 1 Ch 19:4; cstr. חֲצִי Ex 12:29 + 84 times; sf. חֶצְיוֹ Ex 38:4 + 7 times + Jos 8:33 וְהַחֶצְיוֹ (but art. suspicious v. Ges§ 127 R 3, 4); חֶצְיָהּ Ne 3:38; חֶצְיֵנוּ 2 S 18:3; חֶצְיָם Zc 14:8(×2) + 2 times— half of anything:—blood of offering Ex 24:6(×2) (JE), beard 2 S 10:4, a hin Nu 15:9, 10; 28:14 (P); curtain Ex 26:12 (P); week ח׳ השׁבוע Dn 9:27 etc.; ח׳ אַמָּה half a cubit Ex 26:16; 36:21 (P) +; especially ח׳ שׁבט half a tribe Nu 32:33; 34:13, 14, 15 (P) +; half of people 2 S 18:3; 19:41; 1 K 16:21(×3) +, etc. so ח׳ הַמְּנֻחוֹת 1Ch 2:52 and ח׳ הַמָּנַחְתִּי v 54 (v. Be and מָנַחַת sub נוח).—On כבחצי 1 S 14:14 v. We Dr. middle ח׳ הלילה Ex 12:29 (J) midnight, so Ju 16:3(×2) Ru 3:8; of garments 2 S 10:4; 1 Ch 19:4; altar Ex 27:5; of the Mt. of Olives Zc 14:4; ח׳ יָמַי ψ 102:25 the midst of my days (when they are but half done), Je 17:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 35 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲצִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2677/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.32/)

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וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַחֲרֵיהֶם֙ הוֹשַׁ֣עְיָ֔ה וַחֲצִ֖י שָׂרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went behind them Hoshaiah and.(the) half of.the.leaders of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah;

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[Nehemiah 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.3.9/)

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וְעַל־יָדָ֤ם הֶחֱזִיק֙ רְפָיָ֣ה בֶן־ח֔וּר שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֥לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* and on hand their he.repaired Rephaiah the.son of.Hur the.official of.(the).half of.the.district of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.

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