חֵצִיchêtsîy

half

Pronunciation: khay-tsee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2677

Meanings

1. half, of anything (Exodus 24:6; 2 Samuel 10:4; Numbers 15:9)

2. middle, midnight, midst (Exodus 12:29; Judges 16:3; Ruth 3:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 125 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 12:29 And that night at midnight, the Lord struck down all the firstborn sons in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on his throne, to the firstborn son of the prisoner in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their livestock were killed.
  • Exodus 24:6 Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.
  • Exodus 25:10 “Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
  • Exodus 25:17 “Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
  • Exodus 25:23 “Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
  • Exodus 26:12 The remaining 3 feet of this tent covering will be left to hang over the back of the Tabernacle.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).