Lexical Definition

‎חָצַב‎ châtsab (khaw-tsab') to hew ^H:V
or חָצֵב châtsêb (khaw-tsabe'); a primitive root

cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.

• to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material)
• by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

1) to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to hew out, dig
1a2) to hew
1a2a) stone
1a2b) wood
1a3) to hew in pieces (metaph.)
1a4) to divide, cleave
1b) (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved
1c) (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces
1d) (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

See Greek: κόπτω · λατομέω · ὀρύσσω · ποιέω · τεχνίτης

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָצַב‎] ‎חָצֵב‎ verb hew, hew out, cleave (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎חֲצַב‎; SI^{4. 6} participle plural ‎החצבם‎; compare Phoenician ‎מחצב‎ = Hebrew id.) —

Qal Perfect ‎חָצֵב‎ Isa 5:2 ‎חָֽצְבָה‎ Prov 9:1 ‎חָצַבְתִּי‎ Hos 6:5, etc.; Imperfect ‎וַיַּחְצֹב‎ 2Chr 26:10 2 masculine singular ‎תַּחְצֹב‎ Deut 8:9 Infinitive construct ‎לַחְצֹב‎ Jer 2:13 ‎לַחְצוֺב‎ 1Chr 22:2 Participle active ‎חֹצֵב‎ Isa 10:15 + 4 t.; construct ‎חֹצְבִי‎ Isa 22:16 ‎חֹצְבִים‎ 1Chr 22:2 + 3 t.; ‎חֹצְבֵי‎ 2Kgs 12:13* passive ‎חֲצוּבִים‎ Deut 6:11; Neh 9:25 —

1. hew out, (dig), wine-vat ‎יֶקֶב‎ Isa 5:2 sepulchre (‎קֶבֶר‎) Isa 22:16 (twice in verse); cisterns ‎בֹּרוֺת‎ Deut 6:11 (twice in verse); 2Chr 26:10; Neh 9:25, compare Jer 2:13 of mining ‎נחשׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎מהרריה תַּת‎ Deut 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper.

2. a. hew stone 1Chr 22:2 metaphor of pillars Prov 9:1 (subject wisdom); elsewhere participle, hewer of stone 2Kgs 12:13*; 1Chr 22:2; 1Chr 22:15 (see SI^{4.6 above}); probably 1Kgs 5:29*; 2Chr 2:1*; 2Chr 2:17* (‎בָּהָר‎‎׳‎‎ח‎ see Be), compare 2Chr 24:12; Ezra 3:7.
b. apparently hew wood Isa 10:15 ‎בוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ (i.e. ‎בְּגַרְזֶן‎).

3. metaph. hew in pieces Hos 6:5 figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ attacking people by agency of prophets (|| ‎הֲרַגְתִּים‎); divide, cleave subject ‎׳‎‎י‎'s voice Ps 29:7 object ‎להבות אשׁ‎, i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text compare Che and critical note) Niph`al Imperfect ‎יֵחָצְבוּן‎ be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Job 19:24. Pu`al Perfect ‎חֻצַּבְתֶּם‎ Isa 51:1 figurative, hewn out of rock (of Israel's origin; || ‎נֻקַּר‎). Hiph`il Participle ‎מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת‎ Isa 51:9 hew in pieces = Qal 3, figurative of destroying ‎רהב‎ = Egypt (compare Ps 89:11*).

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