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מַחֲצִית

ma.cha.tsithalfHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine16 occurrences7 books14 verses

Definition

from H2673; a halving or the middle
Traditional renderings: half (so much), mid(-day).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מַחֲצִית:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Exodus 30:13מַחֲצִ֥ית · a half; מַחֲצִ֣ית · This half
    Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
  2. Exodus 30:15מִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית · than a half
    In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
  3. Exodus 30:23מַחֲצִית֖וֹ · half [that amount]
    “Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
  4. Exodus 38:26מַחֲצִ֥ית · [that is], half
    …a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
  5. Leviticus 6:20מַחֲצִיתָ֣הּ · half; וּמַחֲצִיתָ֖הּ · and half
    “This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
  6. Numbers 31:29מִמַּֽחֲצִיתָ֖ם · from their half
    Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the LORD.
  7. Numbers 31:30וּמִמַּחֲצִ֨ת · half
    From the Israelites’ half, take one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.”
  8. Numbers 31:42וּמִֽמַּחֲצִ֖ית · half
    From the Israelites’ half, which Moses had set apart from the men who had gone to war,
  9. Numbers 31:47מִמַּחֲצִ֣ת · half
    From the Israelites’ half, Moses took one out of every fifty persons and animals and gave them to the Levites who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had commanded him.
  10. Joshua 21:25וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙ · And from the half-tribe
    And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
  11. 1 Kings 16:9מַחֲצִ֣ית · of half
    However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.
  12. 1 Chronicles 6:61מִֽ֠מַּחֲצִית · from the half-tribe
    To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
  13. 1 Chronicles 6:70וּמִֽמַּחֲצִית֙ · And from
    And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.
  14. Nehemiah 8:3מַחֲצִ֣ית · noon
    So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.