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Psalms 45:6

“Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֵץchêts · khayts
H2671 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear
Derivation: from H2686 (חָצַץ); also by interchange for H6086 (עֵץ)
KJV renderings: [phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Grammar: חִצֶּ֗י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcmpc/Sp2ms
Usage: Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 49:23 Numbers 24:8 Deuteronomy 32:23 Deuteronomy 32:42 1 Samuel 17:7

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 חֵץ here.

Verse 5 Verse 7

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.