Original: חָצַב

Transliteration: châtsab

Phonetic: khaw-tsab'

Short Definition: Cut

Original: חצב חצב

Transliteration: châtsab châtsêb

Phonetic: khaw-tsab'

BDB Definition:

1. to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason
   1. (Qal)
      1. to hew out, dig
      2. to hew
         1. stone
         2. wood
      3. to hew in pieces (metaphorically)
      4. to divide, cleave
   2. (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved
   3. (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces
   4. (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 718

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H4274