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Judges 7:16
“And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָצָהchâtsâh · khaw-tsaw'
H2673 · Hebrew
H2673 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to cut or split in two; to halve
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2086 (זֵד)));
- KJV renderings
- divide, [idiom] live out half, reach to the midst, participle
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּ֛חַץ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 32:8Genesis 33:1Exodus 21:35Exodus 21:35Numbers 31:27
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 חָצָה here.
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.