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title: חָתַךְ — divide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָתַךְ (2852), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: divide. BDB 1906: vb. divide, determine. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָתַךְ

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«חָתַךְ» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2852 · **BDB:** חָתַךְ

### Glosses

it.has.been.decreed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

divide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2852/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. divide, determine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2852/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. divide, determine (NH id., cut, cut off, decide, so Aramaic חתך Pa. Ethpa.)—only Pf. שָֽׁבֻעִים שִׁבְעִים נֶחְתַּךְ עַל־עַמְּךָ Dn 9:24 seventy weeks are determined upon thy people.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «חָתַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2852/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 9:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.24/)

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שָׁבֻעִ֨ים שִׁבְעִ֜ים נֶחְתַּ֥ךְ עַֽל־עַמְּךָ֣ ׀ וְעַל־עִ֣יר קָדְשֶׁ֗ךָ לְכַלֵּ֨א הַפֶּ֜שַׁע וּלְהָתֵ֤ם חַטָּאת֙ וּלְכַפֵּ֣ר עָוֺ֔ן וּלְהָבִ֖יא צֶ֣דֶק עֹֽלָמִ֑ים וְלַחְתֹּם֙ חָז֣וֹן וְנָבִ֔יא וְלִמְשֹׁ֖חַ קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* sevens seventy it.has.been.decreed on people your and on the.city your.holiness your to put.an.end.to the transgression and to complete sin and to atone.for iniquity and to bring righteousness of.perpetuity and to seal.up vision and prophet and to anoint a.holy.place of.holy.places

*JPS 1917:* Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sin, and to forgive iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal vision and prophet, and to anoint the most holy place.

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