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title: מֶחֱצָה — half · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶחֱצָה (4275), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: half. BDB 1906: n.f. half. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶחֱצָה

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«מֶחֱצָה» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4275 · **BDB:** מֶחֱצָה

### Glosses

half (1); the.half (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

half [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4275/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. half [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4275/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. half, of spoils;—abs. מֶחֱצָה Nu 31:36; cstr. מֶחֱצַת Nu 31:43 (both P).

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶחֱצָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4275/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 31:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.43/)

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וַתְּהִ֛י מֶחֱצַ֥ת הָעֵדָ֖ה מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the.half of the.congregation from the sheep three hundred(s) thousand and thirty thousand seven thousand(s) and five hundred(s)

*JPS 1917:* now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

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[Numbers 31:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.36/)

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וַתְּהִי֙ הַֽמֶּחֱצָ֔ה חֵ֕לֶק הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים בַּצָּבָ֑א מִסְפַּ֣ר הַצֹּ֗אן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וְשִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and it.was the half the.portion of \[those.who.had\].gone.out in the army the.number of the.sheep \[was\].three hundred(s) thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand(s) and five hundred(s)

*JPS 1917:* And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep.

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