מֶחֱצָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4275

half — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

half tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶחֱצָה: n.f. half tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. half, of spoils;—abs. מֶחֱצָה Nu 31:36; cstr. מֶחֱצַת Nu 31:43 (both P).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: half (1); the half (1).

In the verses

Numbers 31:43 · tree →

וַתְּהִ֛י מֶחֱצַ֥ת הָעֵדָ֖ה מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף שִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

Word for word: and it.was the.half of the.congregation from the sheep three hundred(s) thousand and thirty thousand seven thousand(s) and five hundred(s)

JPS 1917: now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

Numbers 31:36 · tree →

וַתְּהִי֙ הַֽמֶּחֱצָ֔ה חֵ֕לֶק הַיֹּצְאִ֖ים בַּצָּבָ֑א מִסְפַּ֣ר הַצֹּ֗אן שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֙לֶף֙ וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים אֶ֔לֶף וְשִׁבְעַ֥ת אֲלָפִ֖ים וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

Word for word: and it.was the half the.portion of [those.who.had].gone.out in the army the.number of the.sheep [was].three hundred(s) thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand(s) and five hundred(s)

JPS 1917: And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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