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title: חֵצִי — arrow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֵצִי (2678), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: arrow. BDB 1906: n.m. arrow. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֵצִי

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«חֵצִי» 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.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 2678 · **BDB:** חֵ֫צִי

### Glosses

arrow (3); the.arrow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

arrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2678/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. arrow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2678/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 K 9:24 arrow (cf. Arabic حَظْوَةٌ / حُظْوَةٌ, Ethiopic ሐጸ: id., Di 134, and v. Dr on 1 S 20:36)—abs. הַחֵ֫צִי 1 S 20:36, 37(×2) + v 38 Kt (Qr הַחִצִּים), perhaps also v 21, 22 (so 𝔊 We, for MT pl. הַחִצִּים), 2 K 9:24; the usual form is חֵץ; v. infr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «חֵצִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2678/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 20:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.36/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ רֻ֗ץ מְצָ֥א נָא֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִצִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מוֹרֶ֑ה הַנַּ֣עַר רָ֔ץ וְהֽוּא־יָרָ֥ה הַחֵ֖צִי לְהַעֲבִרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to lad his run find please (et) the arrows which I \[am\].about.to.shoot the lad he.ran and he he.shot the arrow to make.\[it\] pass.beyond.him

*JPS 1917:* And he said unto his lad: 'Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.' And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

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[1 Samuel 20:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.37/)

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וַיָּבֹ֤א הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־מְק֣וֹם הַחֵ֔צִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָ֖ה יְהוֹנָתָ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֨א יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֤י הַנַּ֙עַר֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר הֲל֥וֹא הַחֵ֖צִי מִמְּךָ֥ וָהָֽלְאָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.came the lad to the.place of the.arrow which he.had.shot Jonathan and he.called.out Jonathan after the lad and he.said ? not \[is\].the arrow from you and beyond

*JPS 1917:* And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said: 'Is not the arrow beyond thee?'

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