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Hebrew · Strong's H2673

חָצָה

chatsahkhaw-tsaw'

to cut or split in two

1890 spelling: châtsâh

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to cut or split in two; to halve

Rendered in the KJV as

divide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participle

  • 15
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 15
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 15 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 15

  • וְחָצ֣וּ1
  • וְחָצִ֙יתָ֙1
  • וַיַּ֣חַץ1
  • וַיַּ֜חַץ1
  • וַיַּ֛חַץ1
  • וַיֵּחָצ֖וּ1
  • וַיֵּֽחָצוּ֙1
  • וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם֙1
  • וְתֵחָ֕ץ1
  • חָצָ֣ה1
  • יֶֽחֱצֶ֔ה1
  • יֵחָ֥צוּ1

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 12

  • and he divided3
  • and they were divided2
  • and he divided them1
  • and it will be divided1
  • and they will divide1
  • and you will divide1
  • he had divided1
  • it reaches1
  • they will be divided1
  • they will divide !1
  • they will divide in half1
  • will they divide? it1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 12

  • Hc/Vqw3ms3
  • Hc/VNw3mp2
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singular1
  • Hc/Vqq2ms1
  • Hc/Vqq3cp1
  • Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp1
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
  • verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • Hc/Vqw3ms · 3
  • Hc/VNw3mp · 2
  • HC/VNj3fs · 1
  • Hc/Vqq2ms · 1
  • Hc/Vqq3cp · 1
  • Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp · 1
  • HVNi3mp · 1
  • HVqi3mp · 1
  • HVqi3mp/Sn · 1
  • HVqi3mp/Sp3ms · 1
  • HVqi3ms · 1
  • HVqp3ms · 1

All 15, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis2 occurrences
Exodus2 occurrences
Numbers2 occurrences
Judges2 occurrences
2 Kings2 occurrences
Job1 occurrence
Psalms1 occurrence
Isaiah1 occurrence
Ezekiel1 occurrence
Daniel1 occurrence
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).