Definition
a primitive root (compare H2086)); to cut or split in two; to halve
Traditional renderings: divide, × live out half, reach to the midst, participle
Traditional renderings: divide, × live out half, reach to the midst, participle
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָצָה:
- διαιρέωdiaireō“to distribute”88%
- διαρρήγνυμιdiarrēgnumi“to tear”13%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
15 total
- Genesis 32:7וַיַּ֜חַץ · dividedIn great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- Genesis 33:1וַיַּ֣חַץ · So he dividedNow Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
- Exodus 21:35וְחָצ֣וּ · and divide; יֶֽחֱצֽוּן׃ · divideIf a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
- Numbers 31:27וְחָצִ֙יתָ֙ · Then divideThen divide the captives between the troops who went out to battle and the rest of the congregation.
- Numbers 31:42חָצָ֣ה · had set apartFrom the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
- Judges 7:16וַיַּ֛חַץ · And he dividedAnd he divided the three hundred men into three companies and gave each man a ram’s horn in one hand and a large jar in the other, containing a torch.
- Judges 9:43וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם֙ · divided themSo he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
- 2 Kings 2:8וַיֵּחָצ֖וּ · which partedAnd Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
- 2 Kings 2:14וַיֵּֽחָצוּ֙ · they partedThen he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
- Job 41:6יֶ֝חֱצ֗וּהוּ · or divide himWill traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
- Psalm 55:23יֶחֱצ֣וּ · live out halfBut You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Isaiah 30:28יֶֽחֱצֶ֔ה · that risesHis breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.
- Ezekiel 37:22יֵחָ֥צוּ · be dividedI will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over all of them. Then they will no longer be two nations and will never again be divided into two kingdoms.
- Daniel 11:4וְתֵחָ֕ץ · and parceledBut as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.