חצי

Hebrew

Root
ח־צ־ה (kh-ts-h)

Pronunciation

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Noun

חֲצִי or חֵצִי • (khatsí or khétsi) m or f (plural indefinite חֲצָאִים, singular construct חֲצִי־, plural construct חֲצָאֵי־)

half
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Metzi'a 1:1:
  זֶה אוֹמֵר כֻּלָּהּ שֶׁלִּי וְ זֶה אוֹמֵר חֶצְיָהּ שֶׁלִּי
  one says “all of it is mine” and the other says “half of it is mine”
- 2016, “לנשום [Breathe]”, Yossi Gispan, Eliad Nahum (lyrics), Shimon Buskila and Eliad Nahum (music):
  חצי ממני מאושר וחצי אומלל
  khatsí miméni m'ushár vakhatsí 'umlál
  Half of me is happy and half is miserable.

Declension

Declension of חֲצִי

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	חֲצִי	first	חֶצְיִי		חֶצְיֵנוּ
	definite	הַחֲצִי	second	חֶצְיְךָ	חֶצְיֵךְ	חֶצְיְכֶם	חֶצְיְכֶן
	construct	חֲצִי־	third	חֶצְיוֹ	חֶצְיָהּ	חֶצְיָם	חֶצְיָן
plural	indefinite	חֲצָאִים	first	חצאיי / חֲצָאַי		חֲצָאֵינוּ
	definite	הַחֲצָאִים	second	חֲצָאֶיךָ	חצאייך / חֲצָאַיִךְ	חֲצָאֵיכֶם	חֲצָאֵיכֶן
	construct	חֲצָאֵי־	third	חֲצָאָיו	חֲצָאֶיהָ	חֲצָאֵיהֶם	חֲצָאֵיהֶן

Synonyms

(half): מֶחֱצָה (mekhetsá), מַחֲצִית (makhatsít)

Derived terms

Descendants

>? Judeo-Italian:
- → Italian: gazzimme (Roman, archaic; perhaps borrowed directly from Hebrew)

References

H2677 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
“חצי” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

חצי

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