חֵצִי (H2677) — Hebrew Lexicon

חֵצִי

𐤇𐤑𐤉

chêtsîy

H2677 noun

SILEX Entry

Root חצה to divide, split, halve

Definition

A division of something into two equal parts; half. The term can also refer to the middle, midst, or midpoint of a thing, such as the middle of the night or the center of a span. In legal, ritual, and narrative contexts, it marks division, quantitative partition, or the central point temporally or spatially. The semantic range extends from a literal half of a physical object, time period, or unit, to figurative uses denoting partiality or incompleteness.

Semantic Range

half (of an object, amount, or group), part, portion, middle, midst, midpoint (in time or space), incomplete amount, central part

Root / Etymology

From the root חצה (ḥ-ṣ-h), meaning 'to divide, split, halve'. The noun חֵצִי is formed as the nominal derivative of this root, expressing the result or product of division: a half or the central part. Root meaning is 'to divide'; actual lexical meaning of חֵצִי is 'half' or 'middle'.

Historical & Contextual Notes

חֵצִי most frequently appears in legal, ritual, or descriptive texts (e.g., Exodus 24:6, splitting blood for ritual; Judges 16:3, carrying away the 'gates of the city to the top of the hill...opposite Hebron: half of the city’s gate'). Its use highlights division for equity (literal halving), or temporal centrality (e.g., 'midnight,' חֲצִי־הַלַּיְלָה, Exod 12:29). In narrative, 'half' can function to indicate an incomplete quantity (Num 12:12). Judging from its consistent core meaning, English 'half' is an adequate translation in most contexts, though uses such as 'midst' or 'middle' (especially for time) are also attested. In late biblical and post-biblical Hebrew, the word continues to appear with similar senses. Distinct from אֶמְצַע (middle, center more specifically spatially), חֵצִי emphasizes division and partiality. The term does not acquire specialized ideological or religious meaning in the Hebrew Bible, but its use in ritual contexts (e.g., dividing blood or objects for covenant) often signals parity or equality by halving. Later translations sometimes use 'midst' or 'middle,' and in some medieval and modern translations, the term can be rendered variously, but the sense 'half' or 'middle of' is primary and enduring.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from חָצָהlemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה; the half or middle; half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.

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Root Family

חצה (ḥ-ṣ-h) — divide, split, halve

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H2673	חָצָה	he divided
H2676	חָצוֹת	night-division
H2679	חֲצִי הַמְּנֻחוֹת	half of
H2680	חֲצִי הַמְּנַחְתִּי	half-Manahethite
H3183	יַחְצְאֵל	to El-divides
H3185	יַחְצִיאֵל	God apportions
H4275	מֶחֱצָה	the half-portion
H4276	מַחֲצִית	half of

Word Forms

24 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	Occurrences
`H2677-03`	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of	32
`H2677-18`	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of	29
`H2677-19`	וָ/חֵ֜צִי	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half	15
`H2677-24`	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֣י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and to the half	and to the half-of	7
`H2677-01`	בַּ/חֲצִ֣י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the middle of	in the half of	6
`H2677-12`	לַ/חֲצִ֖י	lachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the half	to a half of	6
`H2677-07`	חֶצְיֽ/וֹ	chetseyo	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	half of it	its half	5
`H2677-17`	וּ/מֵ/חֲצִ֨י	umechatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from half	and from half of	3
`H2677-20`	וְ/חֶצְיָ֖/ם	vechetseyam	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp`	and half of them	and half of them	3
`H2677-02`	בַּ/חֵ֖צִי	bachetsi	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in-the-half	in the midpoint	2
`H2677-08`	הַ/חֲצִי֙	hachatsi	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the half	the half	2
`H2677-05`	חֶצְיָ֗/ם	chetseyam	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	half of them	half of them	1
`H2677-10`	כַּ/חֲצִ֥י	kachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	like-half	like half of	1
`H2677-14`	מֵ/חֲצִ֞י	mechatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	from half	from half of	1
`H2677-15`	מֵֽ/חֶצְי/וֹ֙	mechetseyo	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	in its midst	from his half	1
`H2677-22`	וְ/הַ/חֲצִ֖י	vehachatsi	`HC/Td/Ncmsa`	and half	and the half	1
`H2677-09`	הַ/חֵ֑צִי	hachetsi	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the half	the half	1
`H2677-13`	לַ/חֵ֑צִי	lachetsi	`HRd/Ncmsa`	half	to the half	1
`H2677-16`	וּ/לְ/חֶצְי֗/וֹ	ulechetseyo	`HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and-to-half-of-it	and to its half	1
`H2677-06`	חֶצְיֵ֨/נוּ֙	chetseyenu	`HNcmsc/Sp1cp`	half of us	our half	1
`H2677-04`	חֶצְיָ֑/הּ	chetseyah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	half-of-it	her half	1
`H2677-23`	וְ/הַֽ/חֶצְי֖/וֹ	vehachetseyo	`HC/Td/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and the half of it	and its half	1
`H2677-21`	וְ/חֶצְי/וֹ	vechetseyo	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and half of it	and its half	1
`H2677-11`	כְּ/בַ/חֲצִ֥י	kevachatsi	`HR/R/Ncmsc`	like in half	as in the half of	1

Occurrences in Scripture

123 total occurrences

SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1
`H2677-01`	Exodus 12:29	בַּ/חֲצִ֣י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	at midnight	in the half of
`H2677-03`	Exodus 24:6	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-18`	Exodus 24:6	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-19`	Exodus 25:10	וָ/חֵ֜צִי	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 25:10	וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙	vachetsi-2	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 25:10	וָ/חֵ֖צִי	vachetsi-3	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 25:17	וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 25:17	וָ/חֵ֖צִי	vachetsi-2	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 25:23	וָ/חֵ֖צִי	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-03`	Exodus 26:12	חֲצִ֤י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-18`	Exodus 26:16	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and a half	and half of
`H2677-03`	Exodus 27:5	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-18`	Exodus 36:21	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and a half	and half of
`H2677-19`	Exodus 37:1	וָ/חֵ֜צִי	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 37:1	וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙	vachetsi-2	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 37:1	וָ/חֵ֖צִי	vachetsi-3	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 37:6	וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 37:6	וָ/חֵ֖צִי	vachetsi-2	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-19`	Exodus 37:10	וָ/חֵ֖צִי	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and a half	and half
`H2677-07`	Exodus 38:4	חֶצְיֽ/וֹ	chetseyo	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	half of it	its half
`H2677-03`	Numbers 12:12	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Numbers 15:9	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Numbers 15:10	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Numbers 28:14	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-24`	Numbers 32:33	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֣י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and to the half of	and to the half-of
`H2677-18`	Numbers 34:13	וַ/חֲצִ֥י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Numbers 34:14	וַ/חֲצִי֙	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Numbers 34:15	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and-half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Deuteronomy 3:12	וַ/חֲצִ֤י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-12`	Deuteronomy 3:13	לַ/חֲצִ֖י	lachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the half	to a half of
`H2677-24`	Deuteronomy 29:7	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֖י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and to the half	and to the half-of
`H2677-24`	Joshua 1:12	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֖י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and to the half	and to the half-of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 4:12	וַ/חֲצִ֨י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the half	and half of
`H2677-07`	Joshua 8:33	חֶצְי/וֹ֙	chetseyo	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	half of it	its half
`H2677-23`	Joshua 8:33	וְ/הַֽ/חֶצְי֖/וֹ	vehachetseyo	`HC/Td/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and the half of it	and its half
`H2677-01`	Joshua 10:13	בַּ/חֲצִ֣י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the middle	in the half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 12:2	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 12:5	וַ/חֲצִי֙	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-24`	Joshua 12:6	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֖י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and-to-half	and to the half-of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 13:7	וַ/חֲצִ֖י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 13:25	וַ/חֲצִ֕י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-12`	Joshua 13:29	לַ/חֲצִ֖י	lachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the half	to a half of
`H2677-12`	Joshua 13:29	לַ/חֲצִ֛י	lachatsi-2	`HR/Ncmsc`	for the half	to a half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 13:31	וַ/חֲצִ֤י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-12`	Joshua 13:31	לַ/חֲצִ֥י	lachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	to the half	to a half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 14:2	וַ/חֲצִ֥י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 14:3	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 18:7	וַ/חֲצִי֩	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and-the-half	and half of
`H2677-17`	Joshua 21:5	וּ/מֵ/חֲצִ֨י	umechatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from half	and from half of
`H2677-17`	Joshua 21:6	וּ֠/מֵ/חֲצִי	umechatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from half	and from half of
`H2677-14`	Joshua 21:27	מֵ/חֲצִ֞י	mechatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	from half	from half of
`H2677-24`	Joshua 22:1	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֖י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and to the half	and to the half-of
`H2677-24`	Joshua 22:7	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֣י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and-to-the-half	and to the half-of
`H2677-16`	Joshua 22:7	וּ/לְ/חֶצְי֗/וֹ	ulechetseyo	`HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and-to-half-of-it	and to its half
`H2677-18`	Joshua 22:9	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 22:10	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 22:11	וַ/חֲצִי֩	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and the half	and half of
`H2677-03`	Joshua 22:13	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Joshua 22:15	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-18`	Joshua 22:21	וַ/חֲצִ֖י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-03`	Judges 16:3	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	midnight	half of
`H2677-01`	Judges 16:3	בַּ/חֲצִ֣י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the middle of	in the half of
`H2677-11`	1 Samuel 14:14	כְּ/בַ/חֲצִ֥י	kevachatsi	`HR/R/Ncmsc`	like in half	as in the half of
`H2677-03`	2 Samuel 10:4	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half-of	half of
`H2677-02`	2 Samuel 10:4	בַּ/חֵ֖צִי	bachetsi	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in-the-half	in the midpoint
`H2677-06`	2 Samuel 18:3	חֶצְיֵ֨/נוּ֙	chetseyenu	`HNcmsc/Sp1cp`	half of us	our half
`H2677-03`	2 Samuel 19:41	חֲצִ֖י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-08`	1 Kings 3:25	הַ/חֲצִי֙	hachatsi	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the half	the half
`H2677-08`	1 Kings 3:25	הַ/חֲצִ֖י	hachatsi-2	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the half	the half
`H2677-18`	1 Kings 7:31	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and-half	and half of
`H2677-18`	1 Kings 7:32	וַ/חֲצִ֥י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and-half	and half of
`H2677-03`	1 Kings 7:35	חֲצִ֧י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-09`	1 Kings 10:7	הַ/חֵ֑צִי	hachetsi	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the half	the half
`H2677-03`	1 Kings 13:8	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-13`	1 Kings 16:21	לַ/חֵ֑צִי	lachetsi	`HRd/Ncmsa`	half	to the half
`H2677-03`	1 Kings 16:21	חֲצִ֨י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-22`	1 Kings 16:21	וְ/הַ/חֲצִ֖י	vehachatsi	`HC/Td/Ncmsa`	and half	and the half
`H2677-07`	Isaiah 44:16	חֶצְי/וֹ֙	chetseyo	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	half of it	its half
`H2677-07`	Isaiah 44:16	חֶצְי/וֹ֙	chetseyo-2	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	half of it	its half
`H2677-07`	Isaiah 44:19	חֶצְי֞/וֹ	chetseyo	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	half-of-it	its half
`H2677-01`	Jeremiah 17:11	בַּ/חֲצִ֤י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the middle of	in the half of
`H2677-10`	Ezekiel 16:51	כַּ/חֲצִ֥י	kachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	like-half	like half of
`H2677-19`	Ezekiel 40:42	וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and-a-half	and half
`H2677-19`	Ezekiel 40:42	וָ/חֵ֔צִי	vachetsi-2	`HC/Ncmsa`	and-a-half	and half
`H2677-03`	Ezekiel 43:17	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Zechariah 14:2	חֲצִ֤י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-15`	Zechariah 14:4	מֵֽ/חֶצְי/וֹ֙	mechetseyo	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	in its midst	from his half
`H2677-03`	Zechariah 14:4	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-21`	Zechariah 14:4	וְ/חֶצְי/וֹ	vechetseyo	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and half of it	and its half
`H2677-05`	Zechariah 14:8	חֶצְיָ֗/ם	chetseyam	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	half of them	half of them
`H2677-20`	Zechariah 14:8	וְ/חֶצְיָ֖/ם	vechetseyam	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp`	and half of them	and half of them
`H2677-01`	Psalms 102:25	בַּ/חֲצִ֣י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	in-the-mid	in the half of
`H2677-01`	Ruth 3:8	בַּ/חֲצִ֣י	bachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the middle	in the half of
`H2677-03`	Esther 5:3	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Esther 5:6	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Esther 7:2	חֲצִ֥י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-18`	Daniel 9:27	וַ/חֲצִ֨י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-19`	Daniel 12:7	וָ/חֵ֗צִי	vachetsi	`HC/Ncmsa`	and half	and half
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 3:9	חֲצִ֖י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 3:12	חֲצִ֖י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 3:16	חֲצִ֖י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 3:17	חֲצִי	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 3:18	חֲצִ֖י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-04`	Nehemiah 3:38	חֶצְיָ֑/הּ	chetseyah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	half-of-it	her half
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 4:10	חֲצִ֣י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of
`H2677-20`	Nehemiah 4:10	וְ/חֶצְיָ֗/ם	vechetseyam	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp`	and half of them	and half of them
`H2677-20`	Nehemiah 4:15	וְ/חֶצְיָ֗/ם	vechetseyam	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3mp`	and half of them	and half of them
`H2677-18`	Nehemiah 12:32	וַ/חֲצִ֖י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Nehemiah 12:38	וַ/חֲצִ֨י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and-half	and half of
`H2677-18`	Nehemiah 12:40	וַ/חֲצִ֥י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-03`	Nehemiah 13:24	חֲצִי֙	chatsi	`HNcmsa`	half	half of
`H2677-18`	1 Chronicles 5:18	וַ/חֲצִ֥י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-03`	1 Chronicles 5:23	חֲצִי֙	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	the half	half of
`H2677-24`	1 Chronicles 5:26	וְ/לַ/חֲצִ֖י	velachatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and to the half	and to the half-of
`H2677-03`	1 Chronicles 6:46	חֲצִ֧י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	of half	half of
`H2677-03`	1 Chronicles 6:56	חֲצִי֙	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	the half	half of
`H2677-17`	1 Chronicles 12:32	וּ/מֵ/חֲצִי֙	umechatsi	`HC/R/Ncmsc`	and from half	and from half of
`H2677-18`	1 Chronicles 12:38	וַ/חֲצִ֣י	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-02`	1 Chronicles 19:4	בַּ/חֵ֖צִי	bachetsi	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in the middle	in the midpoint
`H2677-18`	1 Chronicles 26:32	וַ/חֲצִי֙	vachatsi	`HC/Ncmsc`	and half	and half of
`H2677-12`	1 Chronicles 27:20	לַ/חֲצִי֙	lachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	over the half	to a half of
`H2677-12`	1 Chronicles 27:21	לַ/חֲצִ֤י	lachatsi	`HR/Ncmsc`	over the half	to a half of
`H2677-03`	2 Chronicles 9:6	חֲצִ֖י	chatsi	`HNcmsc`	half	half of

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