מַחֲצִית
machătsîyth · makh-ats-eeth'
a halving or the middle
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה;
a halving or the middle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: half (so much), mid(-day).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַחֲצִית above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- half6 · 35%
- and out of the half2 · 12%
- an half1 · 6%
- than half1 · 6%
- so much1 · 6%
- that is, half1 · 6%
- and half1 · 6%
- it of their half1 · 6%
- of half1 · 6%
- namely, out of the half1 · 6%
- until midday1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.