Lexical Definition

‎חֵצִי‎ chêtsîy (khay-tsee') half ^H:N-M
from ‎חָצָה‎

half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.

• the half or middle

1) half
1a) half
1b) middle

See Greek: ἥμισυ · μεσονύκτιον · μέσος · μεσόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֲצִי‎₁₂₃ noun masculine^{Num 12:12} half (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎חצי‎; on formative see Lag^{BN 113}) — absolute ‎חֲצִי‎ 1Kgs 3:25 (twice in verse) + 3 t.; ‎הַחֵ֑צִי‎ 1Kgs 10:7, compare 1Kgs 16:21 ‎וָחֵ֔צִי‎ Ezek 40:42 ‎וָחֵצִי‎ Dan 12:7 + 13 t. (usually with Pashta or Tiphcha), compare ‎בַּחֵ֖צִי‎ 2Sam 10:4; 1Chr 19:4 construct ‎חֲצִי‎ Exod 12:29 + 84 t.; suffix ‎חֶצְיוֺ‎ Exod 38:4 + 7 t. + Josh 8:33 ‎וְהַחֶצְיוֺ‎ (but article suspicious. see Ges^{«GKC:127»§ 127} R 3, 4); ‎חֶצְיָהּ‎ Neh 3:38* ‎חֶצְיֵנוּ‎ 2Sam 18:3 ‎חֶצְיָם‎ Zech 14:8 (twice in verse) + 2 t. —

1. half of anything: — blood of offering Exod 24:6 (twice in verse) (JE), beard 2Sam 10:4, a hin Num 15:9; Num 15:10; Num 28:14 (P); curtain Exod 26:12 (P); week ‎השׁבוע‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Dan 9:27 etc.; ‎אַמָּה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ half a cubit Exod 26:16; Exod 36:21 (P) +; especially ‎שׁבט‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ half a tribe Num 32:33; Num 34:13; Num 34:14; Num 34:15 (P) +; half of people 2Sam 18:3; 2Sam 19:41*; 1Kgs 16:21 (3 t. in verse) +, etc. so ‎הַמְּנֻחוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Chr 2:52 and ‎הַמָּנַחְתִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ v1Chr 2:54 (see Be and ‎מָנַחַת‎ below ‎נוח‎). — On ‎כבחצי‎ 1Sam 14:4 see We Dr.

2. middle ‎הלילה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Exod 12:29 (J) midnight, so Judg 16:3 (twice in verse); Ruth 3:8 of garments 2Sam 10:4; 1Chr 19:4 altar Exod 27:5 of the Mt. of Olives Zech 14:4 ‎יָמַי‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Ps 102:25* the midst of my days (when they are but half done), Jer 17:11.

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