1. half (portion) — A Hebrew feminine noun (מַחֲצִית) meaning 'half, one half of a whole', used in both construct state ('half of') and with pronominal suffixes ('half of it'). Attested in contexts of census tax (half a shekel, Exod 30:13,15), tribal land divisions (Josh 21:25; 1 Chr 6:55), and proportional measures. Multilingual signatures are uniform: eng 'half/half-of-it', spa 'mitad/su-mitad', arb 'نِصْف/نِصْفَهَا', kor '절반/반', swa 'nusu/nusu-yake', hin 'आधा/आधा-उसका'. The suffixed forms (S110953) are grammatical inflections of the same lexical sense as the construct forms (S110950). 16×
AR["عَن-نِصفِ","مُنْتَصَفِ","مِن-نِصفِ","مِنْ-نِصْفِ","مِنْ-نِصْفِهِمْ","نِصفَ","نِصفَها","نِصفُ","نِصْفَهَا","نِصْفُ","نِصْفِ","وَ-مِن-نِصفِ","وَ-مِنْ-نِصْفِ","وَ-نِصْفَهَا","وَمِنْ-نِصْفِ"]·ben["-হইতে-অর্ধ","অর্ধেক","অর্ধেক-এর","অর্ধেক-থেকে","এবং-অর্ধেক-থেকে","এবং-তার-অর্ধেক","ও-হইতে-অর্ধ","তাদের-অর্ধেক-থেকে","তার-অর্ধেক","মধ্যভাগ"]·DE["And-von-Haelfte-von","Haelfte-von","Haelfte-von-es","[וממחצית]","[מחצית]","[ממחצית]","und-Haelfte-von-es","und-von-Haelfte-von","von-Haelfte-von","von-ihr-Haelfte"]·EN["And-from-half-of","and-from-half-of","and-half-of-it","from-half-of","from-their-half","half-of","half-of-it"]·FR["Et-de-moitié-de","[וממחצית]","[מחצית]","[ממחצית]","de-leur-moitié","de-moitié-de","et-de-moitié-de","et-moitié-de-cela","moitié-de","moitié-de-cela"]·heb["ו-מ-מחצית","ו-מחציתה","מ-חציתה","מ-מחצית","מחצית","מחציתה","מחציתו"]·HI["-से-आधे","आधा","आधा-उसका","आधे","आधे-उनके-से","आधे-से","उसका-आधा","और-आधा-उसका","और-आधे-से","दोपहर"]·ID["Dan-dari-setengah","dan-dari-setengah","dan-setengahnya","dari-setengah","dari-setengah-mereka","setengah","setengahnya"]·IT["E-da-metà-di","[וממחצית]","[מחצית]","[ממחצית]","da-half-di","da-loro-meta","da-meta-di","e-da-meta-di","e-meta-di-esso","half-di","half-di-esso","meta-di-esso","metà-di"]·jav["Lan-saking-sapalih","Lan-saking-sapalihing","Lan-saking-separoh","Saking-separohipun","lan-separuh","saking-sapalih","saking-satengah","saking-separoh","satengah","satengahipun","separuh"]·KO["그-반을","그것의-반","그들의-절반에서","그리고-그-반을","그리고-반에서-","그리고-부터-반","그리고-절반에서","반","반에서","부터-반","절반","절반에서","절반의"]·PT["De-sua-metade","E-de-metade-de","de-metade-de","e-sua-metade","metade-de","metade-dele","sua-metade"]·RU["И-от-половины","и-от-половины","и-половина-его","от-половины","от-половины-их","половина","половина-его","половину","половины"]·ES["Y-de-mitad-de","de-mitad-de","de-su-mitad","mitad-de","mitad-suya","su-mitad","y-mitad-suya"]·SW["Na-kutoka-nusu-ya","kutoka-nusu","kutoka-nusu-ya","kutoka-nusu-yao","na-kutoka-nusu-ya","na-nusu-yake","nusu","nusu-ya","nusu-yake"]·TR["-den-yarısından","-yarısından","-yarısından-onların","ve-den-yarısından","ve-yarısı","ve-yarısından","ve-yarısından-","yarısı","yarısına","yarısından-","yarısının"]·urd["-آدھے-سے","آدھا","آدھا-اس-کا","آدھے","اور-آدھا-اس-کا","اور-آدھے-سے","اور-سے-آدھے","اور-سے-آدھے-حصہ","اُس-کا-آدھا","دوپہر","سے-آدھے","سے-آدھے-حصہ","سے-آدھے-حصہ-ان-کے"]
Exod 30:13, Exod 30:13, Exod 30:15, Exod 30:23, Exod 38:26, Lev 6:20, Lev 6:20, Num 31:29, Num 31:30, Num 31:42, Num 31:47, Josh 21:25 (+4 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַחֲצִית n.f. half, middle—cstr. מַחֲצִית Ex 30:13(×2) + 8 times; מַחֲצִת Nu 31:30, 47; sf. מַחֲצִיתוֹ Ex 30:23, מַחֲצִיתָהּ Lv 6:13(×2), מַחֲצִיתָם Nu 31:29— 1. half of a shekel Ex 30:13(×2), 15 cf. v 23; 38:26; the flour for offering Lv 6:13(×2), of spoils Nu 31:29, 30, 42, 47; of tribe Jos 21:25 (all P), 1 Ch 6:46, 55; of chariots 1 K 16:9. 2. middle מ׳ היּוֹם=midday, noon Ne 8:3 (cf. midnight, חָצוֹת, חֲצִי 2).