Mechetsah מֶחֱצָה
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| מֶחֱצָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mechetsah |
| Strong's number | H4275 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | half |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Mechetsah (Hebrew מֶחֱצָה, Strong's H4275) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “half”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) half
1a) of spoils
1a) of spoils
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | half (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | this half belonged (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mechetsah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 31:36And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:This was the half portion for those who had gone to war:
- Numbers 31:43(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).