Hewing and Cutting

† [חָצַב], חָצֵב vb. hew, hew out, cleave (NH id., Aramaic חֲצַב; SI4.6 pt. pl. החצבם; cf. Ph. מחצב = Heb. id.)— Qal Pf. חָצֵב Is 5:2; חָֽצְבָה Pr 9:1; חָצַבְתִּי Ho 6:5, etc.; Impf. וַיַּחְצֹב 2 Ch 26:10; 2 ms. תַּחְצֹב Dt 8:9; Inf. cstr. לַחְצֹב Je 2:13; לַחְצוֹב 1 Ch 22:2; Pt. act. חֹצֵב Is 10:15 + 4 times; cstr. חֹצְבִי Is 22:16; חֹצְבִים 1 Ch 22:2 + 3 times; חֹצְבֵי 2 K 12:13; pass. חֲצוּבִים Dt 6:11 Ne 9:25;— 1. hew out, (dig), wine-vat יֶקֶב Is 5:2; sepulchre (קֶבֶר) Is 22:16(×2); cisterns בֹּרוֹת Dt 6:11(×2) 2 Ch 26:10; Ne 9:25, cf. Je 2:13; of mining מהרריה תַּח׳ נחשׁת Dt 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper. 2. a. hew stone 1 Ch 22:2; metaph. of pillars Pr 9:1 (subj. wisdom); elsewhere pt., hewer of stone 2 K 12:13; 1 Ch 22:2, 15 (v. SI4.6 supr.); prob. 1 K 5:29; 2 Ch 2:1, 17 (ח׳ בָּהָר v. Be), cf. 24:12; Ezr 3:7. b. appar. hew wood Is 10:15 ח׳ בוֹ (i.e. בְּגַרְזֶן). 3. metaph. hew in pieces Ho 6:5 fig. of י׳ attacking people by agency of prophets (‖ הֲרַגְתִּים); divide, cleave subj. י׳’s voice ψ 29:7 obj. להבות אשׁ, i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text cf. Che and crit. n.) Niph. Impf. יֵחָצְבוּן be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Jb 19:24. Pu. Pf. חֻצַּבְתֶּם Is 51:1 fig., hewn out of rock (of Isr.’s origin; ‖ נֻקַּר). Hiph. Pt. מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת Is 51:9 hew in pieces = Qal 3, fig. of destroying רהב = Egypt (cf. ψ 89:11).

† I. [חָטַב] vb. cut or gather wood, usually firewood (NH id.; Arabic حَطَبٌ firewood, حَطَبَ collect firewood (v. Wetzst in De ψ 144:12); Ethiopic ሐጠበ cut (or gather) firewood)— Qal Impf. יַחְטְבוּ Ez 39:10; Inf. לַחְטֹב Dt 19:5; Pt. חֹטֵב Dt 29:10; pl. חֹטְבִים 2 Ch 2:9; cstr. חֹטְבֵי Jos 9:21 + 3 times; pass. pl. f. חֲטֻבוֹת Pr 7:16—cut or gather wood, sq. acc. Dt 19:5; 29:10 (‖ שׁאב מים); cf. Ez 39:10 מן־היערים (obj. in preceding cl.); 2 Ch 2:9 (‖ כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים); Pt. cstr. ח׳ עצים Je 46:22, and (‖ שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם) Jos 9:21, 23, 27. Pu. Pt. מְחֻטָּבוֹת ψ 144:12 meaning dub.; perhaps hewn (so, in substance, Thes MV SS Ew Che Bae; v. however II. חטב), of corner-pillars (זָוִיּוֹת v. זָוִית p. 265 supr.), sim. of beautiful, stately daughters.

λᾱτομ-έω, quarry, γῆν Refs 3rd c.BC+:—passive, λελατόμηται Refs 3rd c.BC+; τὰ -ούμενα θραύματα Refs 1st c.BC+ __II λ. λάκκον hew it out, LXX

λαξ-ευτός, ή, όν, hewn out of the rock, LXX+NT

† I. מַסָּע n.[m.] quarry or quarrying;— only abs. as adv. acc., אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה מַסָּע 1 K 6:7 stone perfect (at the) quarry (or at quarrying, i.e. when it was quarried; cf. Benz; text dub.).