חֵץ noun masculine[1Sam 20:20] arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets (compare חֵצִי above below חצה) — absolute ׳ח [Ps 91:5] + 9 t. + [1Sam 17:7] Kt (Qr עֵץ q. v.); construct id. [2Kgs 1]; [2Kgs 3:17]; [2Kgs 13:17] suffix חִצִּי [Job 34:6], חִצּוֺ [Ps 58:8]; [Zech 9:14], חִצָּם [Ps 11:2]; [Ps 64:4] Plural חִצִּים [Gen 49:23] + 17 t. + [1Sam 20:38] Qr (Kt חֵ֫צִי q. v.) + [2Sam 22:15] (< חִצָּיו || [Ps 18:15]); construct חִצֵּת [Job 6:4]; [Ps 120:4] + [Ezek 5:16] (Co חִצַּי compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi); חִצַּי [Deut 32:23]; [Deut 32:42] ([Ezek 5:16] see above), חִצֶּיךָ [Ps 38:3] + 4 t.; חִצָּיו [Isa 5:28] + 5 t.; — arrow:
1. literally, shot from bow by hand [1Sam 20:20]; [1Sam 20:21] (twice in verse); [1Sam 20:22] (ᵐ5 We singular, i.e. הַחֵצִי, in v[1Sam 20:21] v[1Sam 20:22], see also Dr) v[1Sam 20:36] v[1Sam 20:38] Qr [2Kgs 19:32] = [Isa 37:33]; [Isa 5:28]; [Isa 7:24]; [Jer 50:9]; [Jer 50:14]; [Jer 51:11]; [Ezek 39:3]; [Ezek 39:9]; [1Chr 12:2] shot from engine of war [2Chr 26:15] used in divination [Ezek 21:26] compare [2Kgs 13:15] (twice in verse); [2Kgs 13:17] (twice in verse); [2Kgs 13:18] בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים = archers [Gen 49:23].
2. figurative of Israel's weapons [Num 24:8], of the (Messianic) king [Ps 45:6], of Yahweh's judgments [Deut 32:23]; [Deut 32:42]; [Job 6:4] (compare חִצִּי = my wound [Job 34:6]), [Ps 7:14]; [Ps 38:3]; [Ps 58:8] (but on text compare Checritical note.) [Ps 64:8]; [Ps 120:4] (? compare Che); further [Prov 7:23]; [Lam 3:12]; [Ezek 5:16] in theoph. [Ps 18:15] = [2Sam 22:15], compare [Hab 3:11]; [Zech 9:14]; [Ps 144:6] of wicked men's violence [Ps 11:2] compare [Ps 91:5], under figure of lion's teeth [Ps 57:5] their words [Ps 64:4] compare [Prov 25:18]; [Jer 9:8] simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one's children, [Ps 127:4] of a deceiver's words [Prov 26:18] metaphor of servant of ׳בָּרוּר י ׳ח [Isa 49:2]. — In [1Sam 17:7] read עֵץ (for חֵץ) as Qr and || [2Sam 21:19] = the shaft; see עֵץ; so Klo Dr.
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