חָצָהchâtsâh

Meanings

Same root

• זֵדzêd · H2086arrogant
• חָצוֹתchâtsôwth · H2676the middle (of the night)
• חֵצִיchêtsîy · H2677the half or middle
• חָצַץchâtsats · H2686properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow
• יַחְצְאֵלYachtsᵉʼêl · H3183Jachtseel, an Israelite
• יַחְצִיאֵלYachtsîyʼêl · H3185Jachtsiel, an Israelite
• מֶחֱצָהmechĕtsâh · H4275a halving
• מַחֲצִיתmachătsîyth · H4276a halving or the middle

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 32:7 Jacob was terrified at the news. He divided his household, along with the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups.
• Genesis 33:1 Then Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming with his 400 men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and his two servant wives.
• Exodus 21:35 “If someone’s ox injures a neighbor’s ox and the injured ox dies, then the two owners must sell the live ox and divide the price equally between them. They must also divide the dead animal.
• Numbers 31:27 Then divide the plunder into two parts, and give half to the men who fought the battle and half to the rest of the people.
• Numbers 31:42 Half of the plunder belonged to the people of Israel, and Moses separated it from the half belonging to the fighting men.
• Judges 7:16 He divided the 300 men into three groups and gave each man a ram’s horn and a clay jar with a torch in it.