chatsa · divide, cut in two

What it means

chatsa (חָצָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “divide, cut in two”.

Halve.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To split into parts, share out.
2. To reach the middle.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• divide ×4
• divided ×4
• He divided ×3
• it was divided ×2
• reach half ×1
• reaches ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×2
• Numbers×2
• Judges×2
• 2 Kings×2
• Job×1
• Psalms×1
• Isaiah×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Daniel×1

• Genesis 32:7

  Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people who were with him, and the flocks, the cattle, and the camels, into two camps.

• Genesis 33:1

  Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and look, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two slave women.

• Exodus 21:35

  When a man's ox hurts the ox of his neighbor and it dies, they shall sell the live ox and divide its silver, and the dead ox they shall also divide.

• Numbers 31:27

  And you shall divide in half the plunder between those who took up the war, who went out to the army, and between the whole community.

• Numbers 31:42

  And from the half of the sons of Israel, which Moses had divided from the men who had fought

• Judges 7:16

  He divided the three hundred men into three companies and put horns in the hand of all of them, and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.

• Judges 9:43

  He took the people, divided them into three companies, and lay in ambush in the field. He looked, and there were the people coming out of the city; and he rose against them and struck them.

• 2 Kings 2:8

  Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water, and it was divided to one side and to the other, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

• 2 Kings 2:14

  He took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water and said, “Where is YHWH, the Elohim of Elijah?” He too struck the water, and it was divided to one side and to the other, and Elisha crossed over.

• Job 41:6

  Will partners trade in it? Will they divide it among merchants?

• Psalms 55:23

  But you, Elohim, will bring them down to the well of the pit; men of blood and deceit will not reach half their days; but I will trust in you.

• Isaiah 30:28

  and his blast like a torrent that sweeps away, that reaches up to the neck, to sift the nations with a sieve of falsehood; and a bridle that leads astray is on the jaws of the peoples.

• Ezekiel 37:22

  And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king over all of them; and they will no longer be two nations, and they will no longer be divided into two kingdoms.

• Daniel 11:4

  And when he has stood up, his kingdom will be broken and divided toward the four winds of the heavens, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be uprooted and go to others besides these.

And 1 more times.