What does חָצוֹת (ḥāṣwōt) mean in the Bible?
חָצוֹת (ḥāṣwōt): Temporal marker emphasizing the deepest darkness—when God often acts decisively in biblical narrative and theophany
Hebrew · H2676
חָצוֹת
The middle (of the night)
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חָצוֹתH2676
Pronunciationḥāṣwōt
What does חָצוֹת (ḥāṣwōt) mean in the Bible?
חָצוֹת (ḥāṣwōt): Temporal marker emphasizing the deepest darkness—when God often acts decisively in biblical narrative and theophany
Full entry for חָצוֹת (H2676) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render H2676?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include About midnight (1), At midnight (1), in the middle (1).
Where does חָצוֹת (ḥāṣwōt) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 11:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (1), Job (1), Psalms (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders ItAbout midnight1×Exodus 11:4
At midnight1×Psalms 119:62
in the middle1×Job 34:20
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First aligned rowExodus 11:4
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Exodus1Job1Psalms1
Source forms
וַחֲצ֪וֹת1xwa·ḥă·ṣō·wṯJob 34:20
חֲצֽוֹת־1xḥă·ṣō·wṯ-Psalms 119:62
כַּחֲצֹ֣ת1xka·ḥă·ṣōṯExodus 11:4
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct1xJob 34:20
Noun - feminine singular construct1xPsalms 119:62
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct1xExodus 11:4
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Temporal marker emphasizing the deepest darkness—when God often acts decisively in biblical narrative and theophany
Source Gloss
the middle (of the night)
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Temporal marker emphasizing the deepest darkness—when God often acts decisively in biblical narrative and theophany
the middle (of the night) BDB: division Usage: mid(-night).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
חָצוֹת is built from this root:
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