חֲצִ֤י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֲצִ֤י

   kha-TSI

   half of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 חֲצִ֤י הָעִיר֙

   kha-TSI ha-IR

   half of the city
3. clause🔊 וְיָצָ֞א חֲצִ֤י הָעִיר֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה וְיֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵ֖ת מִן־הָעִֽיר׃

   ve-ya-TSA kha-TSI ha-IR bag-go-LA ve-YE-ter ha-AM LO yik-ka-RET min-ha-IR

   and will go out half of the city into the exile and the rest of the people not will be cut off from the city
4. sentence🔊 וְאָסַפְתִּ֨י אֶת־כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֥ם אֶֽל־יְרוּשָׁלִַם֮ לַמִּלְחָמָה֒ וְנִלְכְּדָ֣ה הָעִ֗יר וְנָשַׁ֙סּוּ֙ הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים תשגלנה תִּשָּׁכַ֑בְנָה וְיָצָ֞א חֲצִ֤י הָעִיר֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֔ה וְיֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵ֖ת מִן־הָעִֽיר׃

   ve-a-SAF-ti et-KOL-ha-go-YIM el-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lam-mil-kha-MA ve-nil-khe-DA ha-IR ve-na-SAS-su ha-bba-TIM ve-han-na-SHIM te-she-gal-NA tish-sha-KHAV-na ve-ya-TSA kha-TSI ha-IR bag-go-LA ve-YE-ter ha-AM LO yik-ka-RET min-ha-IR

   and I will gather {direct object} all the nations to Jerusalem for the battle and will be captured the city and they will be plundered the houses and the women will be violated will be lain with and will go out half of the city into the exile and the rest of the people not will be cut off from the city

Exegesis

The coordination veyatsa chatzi ha-ir ba-golah {וְיָצָא חֲצִי הָעִיר בַּגּוֹלָה | wə-yā-ṣāʾ ḥă-ṣî ha-ʿîr ba-gō-lāh} continues the narrative with quantitative precision ‘half of the city goes into exile,’ while the adversative clause veyeter ha-am lo yikaret min ha-ir {וְיֶתֶר הָעָם לֹא יִכָּרֵת מִן־הָעִיר | wə-ye-ter ha-ʿām lōʾ yi-kā-rēt min-ha-ʿîr} ‘but the remainder of the people will not be cut off from the city’ contrasts judgment with the promise of preservation.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־צ־יchet–tsadi–yod

“half”

• 🔊 חֲצִיḥă-tsihalfExodus 24:6