Exodus 24:6:3Exod.24.6.W3TAB
חֲצִ֣י
khatsi
“half of the”
- Transliteration
- kha-TSI
- Extended
- khah-TSEE
- IPA
- /ħăˈtsiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- half of the
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-TSI
- phraseyour reading level
kha-TSI ha-DAM
- clause
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH kha-TSI ha-DAM va-YA-sem ba-ag-ga-NOT
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH mo-SHEH kha-TSI ha-DAM va-YA-sem ba-ag-ga-NOT va-kha-TSI ha-DAM za-RAK al-ham-miz-BE-akh
Exegesis
The repetition of chatsi {חֲצִי | ḥăṣî} with ha-dam {הַדָּם | ha-dām} signals equal division of the blood.
Root and etymology
ch-ts-ycheth, tsade, yod
“half, division”
In context — Exodus 24:6
Moses took half of the blood and put it in the bowls, while the other half he splashed upon the altar .
About this coordinate
Exodus 24:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 24:6, so the Hebrew word חֲצִ֣י (khatsi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.24.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.24.6.W3.S1) and character.