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title: חָצָץ — gravel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָצָץ (2687), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: gravel. BDB 1906: gravel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָצָץ

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«חָצָץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gravel** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2687 · **BDB:** חָצָץ

### Glosses

gravel (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gravel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2687/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

gravel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2687/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] gravel (as divided, comminuted; Aramaic חֲצִיצָא, ܚܨܳܨܳܐ )—only abs. ח׳ Pr 20:17; La 3:16 \[חֲצָצֶיךָ ψ 77:18 v. חֵץ\].—יִמָּלֵּא־פִיהוּ ח׳ Pr 20:17 fig. of a liar; וַיַּגְרֵס בח׳ שִׁנָּ֑י La 3:16 and he hath crushed my teeth with gravel-stones, fig. of י׳’s dealings with sufferer.

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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 «חָצָץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2687/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.17/)

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עָרֵ֣ב לָ֭אִישׁ לֶ֣חֶם שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝אַחַ֗ר יִמָּֽלֵא־פִ֥יהוּ חָצָֽץ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].sweet to (the) person food of.falsehood and after it.will.be.filled mouth his gravel

*JPS 1917:* Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

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[Lamentations 3:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.16/)

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וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.has.broken with (the) gravel teeth my he has.made.me.cower in (the) ash\[es\]

*JPS 1917:* He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.

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