Lexical Definition

‎חָצוֹת‎ châtsôwth (khaw-tsoth') middle ^H:N-F
from ‎חָצָה‎

mid(-night).

• the middle (of the night)

1) middle, mid-, half, division

See Greek: μεσονύκτιον

Extended Information

• middle, mid-, half, division

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חָצוֺת‎] noun feminine (Infinitive form.) division, middle — only construct ‎חֲצֹת הַלַּיְלָה‎ Exod 11:4 (J) = midnight; ‎חֲצוֺת לַיְלָה‎ Job 34:20; Ps 119:62 in all = adverb. phrase of time (‎בְּ‎ omitted)

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