חֵצִי
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2678
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
arrow tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חֵ֫צִי: n.m. arrow tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. 2 K 9:24 arrow (cf. Arabic حَظْوَةٌ / حُظْوَةٌ, Ethiopic ሐጸ: id., Di 134, and v. Dr on 1 S 20:36)—abs. הַחֵ֫צִי 1 S 20:36, 37(×2) + v 38 Kt (Qr הַחִצִּים), perhaps also v 21, 22 (so 𝔊 We, for MT pl. הַחִצִּים), 2 K 9:24; the usual form is חֵץ; v. infr.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: arrow (3); the arrow (1).
In the verses
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לְנַעֲר֔וֹ רֻ֗ץ מְצָ֥א נָא֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִצִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י מוֹרֶ֑ה הַנַּ֣עַר רָ֔ץ וְהֽוּא־יָרָ֥ה הַחֵ֖צִי לְהַעֲבִרֽוֹ׃
Word for word: and he.said to lad his run find please (et) the arrows which I [am].about.to.shoot the lad he.ran and he he.shot the arrow to make.[it] pass.beyond.him
JPS 1917: And he said unto his lad: 'Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.' And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
וַיָּבֹ֤א הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־מְק֣וֹם הַחֵ֔צִי אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָרָ֖ה יְהוֹנָתָ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֨א יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֤י הַנַּ֙עַר֙ וַיֹּ֔אמֶר הֲל֥וֹא הַחֵ֖צִי מִמְּךָ֥ וָהָֽלְאָה׃
Word for word: and he.came the lad to the.place of the.arrow which he.had.shot Jonathan and he.called.out Jonathan after the lad and he.said ? not [is].the arrow from you and beyond
JPS 1917: And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said: 'Is not the arrow beyond thee?'
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