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title: חָצַץ — divide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָצַץ (2686), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: divide. BDB 1906: vb. divide. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָצַץ

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«חָצַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **divide** — 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:** 2686 · **BDB:** חָצַץ

### Glosses

dividing (1); of.\[those.who\].divide (1); they.have.been.cut.off (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2686/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2686/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. divide (NH make a partition; Assyrian ḫaṣâṣu, cut in two, ZimBP 24 n.; Ethiopic ሐጸጸ: curtail, diminish)— Pt. חֹצֵץ intr. Pr 30:27 of locusts ויצא ח׳ כלו; i.e. dividing (themselves) into companies or swarms. Pt. מְחַצְצִים v. II. חצץ. Pf. מספר חדשׁיו חֻצָּ֑צוּ Jb 21:21 the number of his months, they have been cut in two (fig. for curtailed).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 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 «חָצַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2686/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 30:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.30.27/)

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מֶ֭לֶךְ אֵ֣ין לָאַרְבֶּ֑ה וַיֵּצֵ֖א חֹצֵ֣ץ כֻּלּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* a.king there.\[is\].not for the locust and it.went.out dividing of.it all

*JPS 1917:* The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

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[Job 21:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.21/)

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כִּ֤י מַה־חֶפְצ֣וֹ בְּבֵית֣וֹ אַחֲרָ֑יו וּמִסְפַּ֖ר חֳדָשָׁ֣יו חֻצָּֽצוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) what? pleasure \[is\].his in household his after him and the.number his.months his they.have.been.cut.off

*JPS 1917:* For what pleasure hath he in his house after him? seeing the number of his months is determined.

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