Original Language Studio
Numbers 31:30
“And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4276 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a halving or the middle
- Derivation
- from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה;
- KJV renderings
- half (so much), mid(-day).
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מִ — preposition
- מַּחֲצִ֨ת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 30:13Exodus 30:13Exodus 30:15Exodus 30:23Exodus 38:26
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 מַחֲצִית 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.