חָצָץ
chatsats · gravel, small stone
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2687 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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chatsats (חָצָץ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gravel, small stone”.
A small stone, gravel; also an arrow (something small and sharp).
How to say it
cha·tsats
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
- Small, fine stones.
- God's arrows in the storm, which are his lightning.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gravel ×2
- arrows ×1
Where it appears
- Psalms 77:17
The thick clouds poured out water; the clouds gave voice; your arrows also went to and fro.
- Proverbs 20:17
Sweet to a man is the bread of falsehood, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
- Lamentations 3:16
And he has broken with gravel my teeth; he has pressed me down in the ashes.