The meaning of “חֵצִי”
Understanding chêtsîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts. - the half or middle 1) half 1a) half 1b) middle
חֵצִי
half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts. - the half or middle 1) half 1a) half 1b) middle
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 26:16 | “Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.” Word: חֵצִי (chêtsîy) | |
| Joshua 14:3 | “For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.” Word: חֵצִי (chêtsîy) | |
| 1 Samuel 14:14 | “And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow.” Word: חֵצִי (chêtsîy) | |
| 1 Chronicles 6:71 | “Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:” Word: חֵצִי (chêtsîy) | |
| Esther 5:6 | “And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.” Word: חֵצִי (chêtsîy) |
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