Strong's Definition
a primitive root (compare 2086)); to cut or split in two; to halve
KJV Usage: divide, X live out half, reach to the midst, participle
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָצָה (cha.tsah) — to divide. 1) to divide, cut in two, cut short, live half (of one's life) 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to divide 1a2) to half, cut in two 1b) (Niphal) to be divided
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חֲצֹות · חֲצִי · מֶחֱצָה · מַחֲצִית
Non-Whole | verb nif
to be divided, to divide oneself = state in which an object is divided into two or more parts
Non-Whole | verb qal, verb nif
to divide, to separate = causative action by which humans divide an object or a set of objects into two or more parts
GEN 32:8 · GEN 33:1 · EXO 21:35 · EXO 21:35 · NUM 31:27 · NUM 31:42 · JDG 7:16 · JDG 9:43 · JOB 40:30 · DAN 11:4
Spatial Referents | verb qal
to reach halfway = state in which a substance extends to one half of an area
Time | verb qal
Collocation: חצה יָמִים
to live out half (one's) days literally: to divide (one's) days; hence: = process by which humans do not live longer than half the time that they would live otherwise
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָצָה vb. divide Qal divide
shall not halve their days, i.e. enjoy even half of the normal number
Niph. be divided
base