Lexical Summary machatsith: half, middle Original Word: מַחֲצִיתTransliteration: machatsith Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ats-eeth') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: half, middle Meaning: a halving, the middle Strong's Concordance half so much, midday From chatsah; a halving or the middle -- half (so much), mid(-day). see HEBREW chatsah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4276. machatsith מַחֲצִית noun feminine half, middle — construct מַחֲצִית Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse) + 8 t.; מַחֲצִת Numbers 31:30, 47; suffix מַחֲצִיתוֺ Exodus 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Leviticus 6:13 (twice in verse), מַחֲצִיתָם Numbers 31:29 — 1 half of a shekel Exodus 30:13 (twice in verse); 30:15 compare 30:23; 38:26; the flour for offering Leviticus 6:13 (twice in verse), of spoils Numbers 31:29-30, 42, 47; of tribe Joshua 21:25 (all P), 1 Chronicles 6:46; 6:55; of chariots 1 Kings 16:9. 2 middle ׳מ היּוֺם = midday, noon Nehemiah 8:3 (compare midnight, חֲצִי חָצוֺת, 2). חצן (√ of following; meaning dubious; denominative seem to be Arabic , Ethiopic carry in the arms or bosom, rear, foster; perhaps also Assyrian êƒênu, bring together, also drink or draw in sweet odours Flood Tabletiii, 49 Hpt in KAT2Gloss i). |
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