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H2595

חֲנִית

cha.nitH:N-F

spear

1) spear 1a) spear 1a1) shaft of a spear 1a2) spear-head

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חֲנִית noun feminine spear (as flexible? see Thes); — absolute חֲנִית 2Sam 13:19 + 26 t.; construct id. 1Sam 26:16 (so v1Sam 26:22 Qr, where Kt has article); suffix חֲנִיתָ֑ךָ Hab 3:11 חֲנִיתוֺ 1Sam 17:7 (twice in verse) + 11 t. + 2Sam 23:8, see below; plural חֲנִיתִים 2Chr 23:9 חֲנִיתוֺתֵיהֶם Isa 2:4 = חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Mic 4:3 —

1. spear, as hurled 1Sam 18:10; 1Sam 18:11; 1Sam 19:9; 1Sam 19:10 (twice in verse); 1Sam 20:33 held by king 1Sam 22:6 sign of king's presence 1Sam 26:7; 1Sam 26:8; 1Sam 26:11; 1Sam 26:12; 1Sam 26:16; 1Sam 26:22 (see RSK 171); also 2Sam 1:6; 2Sam 2:23; 2Sam 21:19; 2Sam 23:18; 2Sam 23:21 (3 t. in verse); 1Chr 11:11 = 2Sam 23:8, where read הוּא עוֺרֵר אֶתחֲֿנִיתוֺ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֺ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1Chr 11:20; 1Chr 11:23 (3 t. in verse); plural 2Chr 23:9 often || חֶרֶב 1Sam 13:19; 1Sam 13:22; 1Sam 17:45; 1Sam 17:47; 1Sam 21:9; Isa 2:4 = Mic 4:3; Nah 3:3 || שְׁלָטִים 2Kgs 11:10 || צִנָּה 1Chr 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Job 41:18 סְגֹד Ps 35:3 || קֶשֶׁת Ps 46:10.
2. a. shaft of spear is ׳עֵץ ח 2Sam 23:7; 1Chr 20:5 + 1Sam 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ).
  b. spear-head ׳לַהֶבֶת ח 1Sam 17:7, compare ׳לַהַב ח Job 39:23 ׳בְּרַק ח Nah 3:3; Hab 3:11.
  c. butt of spear ׳אַחֲרֵי ח 2Sam 2:23.
3. metaphor of teeth of lions Psalm 2Sam 57:5 (|| חצים; figurative of Psalmist's enemies).

34 occurrences

I Samuel (16), II Samuel (6), II Kings (1), I Chronicles (4), II Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1)