BDB3027 [H2672]
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Qal Perfect חָצֵב Isa 5:2 חָֽצְבָה Prov 9:1 חָצַבְתִּי Hos 6:5, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְצֹב 2Chr 26:10 2 masculine singular תַּחְצֹב Deut 8:9 Infinitive construct לַחְצֹב Jer 2:13 לַחְצוֺב 1Chr 22:2 Participle active חֹצֵב Isa 10:15 + 4 t.; construct חֹצְבִי Isa 22:16 חֹצְבִים 1Chr 22:2 + 3 t.; חֹצְבֵי 2Kgs 12:13 passive חֲצוּבִים Deut 6:11; Neh 9:25 —
1. hew out, (dig) , wine-vat יֶקֶב Isa 5:2 sepulchre (קֶבֶר ) Isa 22:16 (twice in verse); cisterns בֹּרוֺת Deut 6:11 (twice in verse); 2Chr 26:10; Neh 9:25, compare Jer 2:13 of mining נחשׁת ׳ מהרריה תַּת Deut 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper .
2. a. hew stone 1Chr 22:2 metaphor of pillars Prov 9:1 (subject wisdom); elsewhere participle, hewer of stone 2Kgs 12:13; 1Chr 22:2; 1Chr 22:15 (see SI 4.6 above ); probably 1Kgs 5:29; 2Chr 2:1; 2Chr 2:17 (בָּהָר ׳ ח see Be ), compare 2Chr 24:12; Ezra 3:7.
\ \ b. apparentlyhew wood Isa 10:15 בוֺ ׳ ח (i.e. בְּגַרְזֶן ).
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3. metaph. hew in pieces Hos 6:5 figurative of ׳ י attacking people by agency of prophets (|| הֲרַגְתִּים ); divide, cleave subject ׳ י 's voice Ps 29:7 object להבות אשׁ , i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text compare Che and critical note) Niph`al Imperfect יֵחָצְבוּן be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Job 19:24. Pu`al Perfect חֻצַּבְתֶּם Isa 51:1 figurative, hewn out of rock (of Israel's origin; || נֻקַּר ). Hiph`il Participle מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת Isa 51:9 hew in pieces = Qal 3, figurative of destroying רהב = Egypt (compare Ps 89:11).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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