H2676

חָצוֹת

cha.tsotH:N-F

middle

middle, mid-, half, division

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[חָצוֺת] noun feminine (Infinitive form.) division, middle — only construct חֲצֹת הַלַּיְלָה Exod 11:4 (J) = midnight; חֲצוֺת לַיְלָה Job 34:20; Ps 119:62 in all = adverb. phrase of time (בְּ omitted)

מַחֲצִית noun feminine half, middle — construct מַחֲצִית Exod 30:13 (twice in verse) + 8 t.; מַחֲצִת Num 31:30; Num 31:47 suffix מַחֲצִיתוֺ Exod 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Lev 6:13 (twice in verse), מַחֲצִיתָם Num 31:29 —

1. half of a shekel Exod 30:13 (twice in verse); Exod 30:15 compare vExod 30:23; Exod 38:26 the flour for offering Lev 6:13 (twice in verse), of spoils Num 31:29; Num 31:30; Num 31:42; Num 31:47 of tribe Josh 21:25 (all P), 1Chr 6:46; 1Chr 6:55 of chariots 1Kgs 16:9.

2. middle היּוֺם ׳מ = midday, noon Neh 8:3 (compare midnight, חָצוֺת, חֲצִי 2).

2 occurrences

Exodus (1), Job (1)