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Isaiah 7:24

“With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חִצִּיchitstsîy · khits-tsee'
H2678 · Hebrew

Definition: an arrow
Derivation: or חֵצִי; prolongation from H2671 (חֵץ);
KJV renderings: arrow.
Grammar: בַּ — preposition with definite article
חִצִּ֥ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
Code HRd/Ncmpa
Usage: Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 20:20 1 Samuel 20:21 1 Samuel 20:21 1 Samuel 20:22 1 Samuel 20:36

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חִצִּי here.

Verse 23 Verse 25

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.