Lexical Definition

‎חָצַץ‎ châtsats (khaw-tsats') to divide ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎חָצָה‎); also as denominative from ‎חֵץ‎

archer, [idiom] bands, cut off in the midst.

• properly, to chop into, pierce or sever
• hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks)
• *** to shoot an arrow***

1) to divide
1a) (Qal) to divide
1b) (Piel) to divide
1c) (Pual) to be cut off, be finished
2) to shoot arrows
2a) (Piel) archer (participle)

See Greek: διαιρέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָצַן‎ verb divide (Late Hebrew makes a partition; Assyrian —aƒâƒu, cut in two, Zim^{BP 24 n}.; Ethiopic curtail, diminish) —

Qal Participle ‎חֹצֵץ‎ intransitive Prov 30:27 of locusts ‎כלו‎ ‎׳‎‎ויצא ח‎; i.e. dividing (themselves) into companies or swarms. Pi`el Participle ‎מְחַצְצִים‎ see II. ‎חצץ‎. Pu`al Perfect ‎מספר חדשׁיו חֻצָּ֑צוּ‎ Job 21:21 the number of his months, they have been cut in two (figurative for curtailed).

II. [‎חצץ‎] verb denominative only Pi`el Participle ‎מְחַצְצִים‎ Judg 5:11 archers (> those dividing spoil, since no object expressed and ‎חלק‎ more suitable for such meaning) ‎חצצר‎, ‎חֲצֹצְרָה‎ see IV. ‎חצר‎.

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