Lexicon / H2672
חָצַב
cha.tsav
  • to hew
  • hew
  • hew out
  • cleave

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to hew

1) to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to hew out, dig

1a2) to hew

1a2a) stone

1a2b) wood

1a3) to hew in pieces (metaph.)

1a4) to divide, cleave

1b) (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved

1c) (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces

1d) (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: hew; hew out; cleave

Root √חצב: חָצַב חָצֵב vb hew hew out cleave Qal hew out dig , () hew stone hew wood appar. hew in pieces metaph. Niph be cut hewn graven . (words on rock) Pu hewn . fig. out of rock Hiph hew in pieces .

חָצַב חָצֵב vb hew hew out cleave Qal hew out dig , () hew stone hew wood appar. hew in pieces metaph. Niph be cut hewn graven . (words on rock) Pu hewn . fig. out of rock Hiph hew in pieces .