What does חֵצִי (ḥēṣiy) mean in the Bible?
חֵצִי (ḥēṣiy): Denotes half or middle portion; used for time divisions (midnight) and spatial/quantitative partitions.
Hebrew · H2677
חֵצִי
The half or middle
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חֵצִי H2677
Pronunciation ḥēṣiy
What does חֵצִי (ḥēṣiy) mean in the Bible?
חֵצִי (ḥēṣiy): Denotes half or middle portion; used for time divisions (midnight) and spatial/quantitative partitions.
Full entry for חֵצִי (H2677) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2677?
The BSB source-word alignment has 125 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include half (26), and the half-tribe (16), and a half (15), and half (8), and a half cubits (4).
Where does חֵצִי (ḥēṣiy) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 12:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Joshua (29), Exodus (20), 1 Chronicles (13), Nehemiah (13).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It half 26× Exodus 24:6, Numbers 15:10, Numbers 28:14, Joshua 13:31
and the half-tribe 16× Deuteronomy 29:8, Joshua 1:12, Joshua 4:12, Joshua 12:6
and a half 15× Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 26:16
and half 8× Deuteronomy 3:12, Joshua 12:5, Joshua 13:25, Joshua 18:7
and a half cubits 4× Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 37:1, Exodus 37:6
of a half-district 3× Nehemiah 3:9, Nehemiah 3:16, Nehemiah 3:17
. . . 2× 1 Kings 16:21, 1 Chronicles 6:61
and 2× Joshua 21:5, 1 Chronicles 12:37
and the other half 2× Exodus 24:6, Zechariah 14:8
at midnight 2× Exodus 12:29, Ruth 3:8
From the half-tribe 2× Joshua 21:27, 1 Chronicles 12:31
halfway 2× Exodus 27:5, Exodus 38:4
in the middle 2× Joshua 10:13, Jeremiah 17:11
of the half-tribe 2× Joshua 13:29, 1 Chronicles 5:23
To the half-tribe 2× Deuteronomy 3:13, Joshua 22:7
vvv 2× 2 Samuel 10:4, 1 Chronicles 19:4
with half 2× Numbers 15:9, Zechariah 14:4
- 1× Judges 16:3
along with the half 1× Nehemiah 12:40
along with the half-tribe 1× Numbers 34:14
and a half [wide] 1× 1 Kings 7:31
and half a time 1× Daniel 12:7
and half of them 1× Joshua 8:33
and to the half-tribe 1× Numbers 32:33
and to the other half 1× Joshua 22:7
but in the middle 1× Daniel 9:27
Half [of the people stood] 1× Joshua 8:33
half its [height] 1× Nehemiah 4:6
half of us 1× 2 Samuel 18:3
in about half 1× 1 Samuel 14:14
in the midst 1× Psalms 102:24
in two 1× Zechariah 14:4
is half 1× Numbers 12:12
it with half 1× Nehemiah 12:38
midnight 1× Judges 16:3
of 1× 1 Chronicles 6:71
of [the other] half-district 1× Nehemiah 3:12
of half 1× Ezekiel 43:17
of the other half-district 1× Nehemiah 3:18
over [the] half-tribe 1× 1 Chronicles 27:21
over one of the half-tribes 1× 1 Chronicles 27:20
that half 1× Isaiah 44:16
that is, half 1× Joshua 12:2
that is, half of 1× Joshua 13:31
the half 1× Exodus 26:12
to half 1× Joshua 13:29
while half of [the men] 1× Nehemiah 4:21
while the other half 1× Nehemiah 4:16
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 12:29 בַּחֲצִ֣י to at midnight Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 24:6 חֲצִ֣י to half Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 24:6 וַחֲצִ֣י to and the other half Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 25:10 וָחֵ֜צִי to and a half cubits Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 25:10 וָחֵ֙צִי֙ to and a half Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 25:10 וָחֵ֖צִי to and a half Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 25:17 וָחֵ֙צִי֙ to and a half cubits Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 25:17 וָחֵ֖צִי to and a half Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 25:23 וָחֵ֖צִי to and a half Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Exodus 26:12 חֲצִ֤י to the half Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 12:29
Aligned rows 125
Books represented 19
Exodus 20 Numbers 8 Deuteronomy 3 Joshua 29 Judges 2 Ruth 1 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 4 1 Kings 10 1 Chronicles 13 2 Chronicles 1 Nehemiah 13 Esther 3 Psalms 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 1 Ezekiel 4 Daniel 2 Zechariah 6
Source forms
חֲצִ֥י 10x ḥă·ṣî Exodus 27:5, Numbers 12:12, Numbers 15:9, Joshua 22:13
וַחֲצִ֣י 8x wa·ḥă·ṣî Exodus 24:6, Exodus 26:16, Exodus 36:21, Numbers 34:15
חֲצִ֣י 8x ḥă·ṣî Exodus 24:6, Numbers 15:10, Numbers 28:14, Judges 16:3
וַחֲצִ֥י 6x wa·ḥă·ṣî Numbers 34:13, Joshua 14:2, 1 Kings 7:32, 1 Chronicles 2:54
וָחֵ֖צִי 6x wā·ḥê·ṣî Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 37:1
חֲצִ֖י 6x ḥă·ṣî 2 Samuel 19:40, 2 Chronicles 9:6, Nehemiah 3:9, Nehemiah 3:12
בַּחֲצִ֣י 5x ba·ḥă·ṣî Exodus 12:29, Joshua 10:13, Judges 16:3, Ruth 3:8
וָחֵ֙צִי֙ 5x wā·ḥê·ṣî Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 37:1, Exodus 37:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular construct 32x Exodus 24:6, Exodus 26:12, Exodus 27:5, Numbers 12:12
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 30x Exodus 24:6, Exodus 26:16, Exodus 36:21, Numbers 34:13
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 15x Exodus 25:10, Exodus 25:17, Exodus 25:23, Exodus 37:1
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct 6x Numbers 32:33, Joshua 1:12, Joshua 12:6, Joshua 22:1
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct 6x Deuteronomy 3:13, Joshua 13:29, Joshua 13:31, 1 Chronicles 27:20
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 5x Exodus 38:4, Joshua 8:33, Isaiah 44:16, Isaiah 44:19
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular construct 5x Joshua 10:13, Judges 16:3, Ruth 3:8, Psalms 102:24
Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x 1 Kings 3:25, 1 Kings 10:7
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Denotes half or middle portion; used for time divisions (midnight) and spatial/quantitative partitions.
Source Gloss
the half or middle
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Denotes half or middle portion; used for time divisions (midnight) and spatial/quantitative partitions.
the half or middle BDB: half Usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Grammatical Forms
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Word Origins
חֵצִי is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain