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Strong's #2672 - חָצַב
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- to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason
- (Qal)
- to hew out, dig
- to hew
- stone
- wood
- to hew in pieces (metaphorically)
- to divide, cleave
- (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved
- (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces
- (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from
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2194) byh (ההתסב HhTsB) AC: Hew CO: ? AB: ?: The cutting or hewing of wood or stone. [from: yh- cutting]
V) byh (ההתסב HhTsB) - Hew: KJV (25): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) dig, hew, mason, cut, divide, graven, made - Strongs: H2672 (חָצַב)
am) byhm (מההתסב MHhTsB) - Hewn: Something that is hewn. KJV (3): hewn, hewed - Strongs: H4274 (מַחְצֵב)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Qal Perfect חָצֵב Isaiah 5:2; חָֽצְבָה Proverbs 9:1; חָצַבְתִּי Hosea 6:5, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְצֹב 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 masculine singular תַּחְצֹב Deuteronomy 8:9; Infinitive construct לַחְצֹב Jeremiah 2:13; לַחְצוֺב 1 Chronicles 22:2; Participle active חֹצֵב Isaiah 10:15 4t.; construct חֹצְבִי Isaiah 22:16; חֹצְבִים 1 Chronicles 22:2 3t.; חֹצְבֵי 2 Kings 12:13; passive חֲצוּבִים Deuteronomy 6:11; Nehemiah 9:25; —
1 hew out, (dig), wine-vat יֶקֶב Isaiah 5:2; sepulchre (קֶבֶר) Isaiah 22:16 (twice in verse); cisterns בֹּרוֺת Deuteronomy 6:11 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 26:10; Nehemiah 9:25, compare Jeremiah 2:13; of mining נחשׁת׳מהרריה תַּת Deuteronomy 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper.
2. a. hew stone 1 Chronicles 22:2; metaphor of pillars Proverbs 9:1 (subject wisdom); elsewhere participle, hewer of stone 2 Kings 12:13; 1 Chronicles 22:2,15 (see SI4.6above); probably 1 Kings 5:29; 2 Chronicles 2:1; 2 Chronicles 2:17 (בָּהָר׳ח see Be), compare 2 Chronicles 24:12; Ezra 3:7.
b. apparently hew wood Isaiah 10:15 בוֺ׳ח (i.e. בְּגַרְזֶן).
3 metaph. hew in pieces Hosea 6:5 figurative of ׳י attacking people by agency of prophets ("" הֲרַגְתִּים); divide, cleave subject ׳י s voice Psalm 29:7 object להבות אשׁ, i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text compare Che and critical note)
Niph`al Imperfect יֵחָצְבוּן be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Job 19:24.
Pu`al Perfect חֻצַּבְתֶּם Isaiah 51:1 figurative, hewn out of rock (of Israel's origin; "" נֻקַּר).
Hiph`il Participle מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת Isaiah 51:9 hew in pieces = Qal 3, figurative of destroying רהב = Egypt (compare Psalm 89:11).