Lexical Definition

‎חֵץ‎ chêts (khayts) arrow ^H:N-M
from ‎חָצַץ‎; also by interchange for ‎עֵץ‎

[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.

• properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow
• by implication, a wound
• figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt
• the shaft of aspear

1) arrow

See Greek: βέλος · βολίς · τόξον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֵץ‎ noun masculine^{1Sam 20:20} arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets (compare ‎חֵצִי‎ above below ‎חצה‎) — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 91:5 + 9 t. + 1Sam 17:7 Kt (Qr ‎עֵץ‎ q. v.); construct id. 2Kgs 1; 2Kgs 3:17; 2Kgs 13:17 suffix ‎חִצִּי‎ Job 34:6, ‎חִצּוֺ‎ Ps 58:8*; Zech 9:14, ‎חִצָּם‎ Ps 11:2; Ps 64:4* Plural ‎חִצִּים‎ Gen 49:23 + 17 t. + 1Sam 20:38 Qr (Kt ‎חֵ֫צִי‎ q. v.) + 2Sam 22:15 (< ‎חִצָּיו‎ || Ps 18:15*); construct ‎חִצֵּת‎ Job 6:4; Ps 120:4 + Ezek 5:16 (Co ‎חִצַּי‎ compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi); ‎חִצַּי‎ Deut 32:23; Deut 32:42 (Ezek 5:16 see above), ‎חִצֶּיךָ‎ Ps 38:3* + 4 t.; ‎חִצָּיו‎ Isa 5:28 + 5 t.; — arrow:

1. literally, shot from bow by hand 1Sam 20:20; 1Sam 20:21 (twice in verse); 1Sam 20:22 (ᵐ5 We singular, i.e. ‎הַחֵצִי‎, in v1Sam 20:21 v1Sam 20:22, see also Dr) v1Sam 20:36 v1Sam 20:38 Qr 2Kgs 19:32 = Isa 37:33; Isa 5:28; Isa 7:24; Jer 50:9; Jer 50:14; Jer 51:11; Ezek 39:3; Ezek 39:9; 1Chr 12:2 shot from engine of war 2Chr 26:15 used in divination Ezek 21:26* compare 2Kgs 13:15 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 13:17 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 13:18 ‎בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים‎ = archers Gen 49:23.

2. figurative of Israel's weapons Num 24:8, of the (Messianic) king Ps 45:6*, of Yahweh's judgments Deut 32:23; Deut 32:42; Job 6:4 (compare ‎חִצִּי‎ = my wound Job 34:6), Ps 7:14*; Ps 38:3*; Ps 58:8* (but on text compare Che^{critical note}.) Ps 64:8*; Ps 120:4 (? compare Che); further Prov 7:23; Lam 3:12; Ezek 5:16 in theoph. Ps 18:15* = 2Sam 22:15, compare Hab 3:11; Zech 9:14; Ps 144:6 of wicked men's violence Ps 11:2 compare Ps 91:5, under figure of lion's teeth Ps 57:5* their words Ps 64:4* compare Prov 25:18; Jer 9:8* simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one's children, Ps 127:4 of a deceiver's words Prov 26:18 metaphor of servant of ‎׳‎‎בָּרוּר י‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Isa 49:2. — In 1Sam 17:7 read ‎עֵץ‎ (for ‎חֵץ‎) as Qr and || 2Sam 21:19 = the shaft; see ‎עֵץ‎; so Klo Dr.

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