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Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָצַב

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חָצַב

ḥāṣab

hew

[חָצַב] חָצֵב vb. hew, hew out, cleave

Qal

1. hew out, (dig)

a. hew stone

b. appar. hew wood

3. metaph. hew in pieces

Niph. be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock)

Pu. fig., hewn out of rock

Hiph. hew in pieces

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.