Original Language Studio
Numbers 31:42
“And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַחֲצִיתmachătsîyth · makh-ats-eeth'
H4276 · Hebrew
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
- מִֽ — preposition
- מַּחֲצִ֖ית — 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.