חץ

Hebrew

Root
ח־צ־ץ (kh-ts-ts)
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic حُظْوَة (ḥuẓwa, “small arrow”) and Akkadian 𒄑𒆕 (ūṣum, “arrow”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħeːsˤ/, [ˈħeː.esˤ]
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħesˤ/, [ˈħeːsˤ]
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħesˤ/ (East), /χet͡s/ (West)
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χejt͡s/
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χet͡s/

Noun

חֵץ • (khets) m (plural indefinite חיצים / חִצִּים, singular construct חיצי / חִצֵּי־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

arrow (a projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow)
arrow (a sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g.→))

Declension

Declension of **חֵץ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	חֵץ	first	חיצי / חִצִּי		חיצנו / חִצֵּנוּ
	definite	הַחֵץ	second	חיצך / חִצְּךָ	חיצך / חִצֵּךְ	חיצכם / חִצְּכֶם	חיצכן / חִצְּכֶן
	construct	חֵץ־	third	חיצו / חִצּוֹ	חיצה / חִצָּהּ	חיצם / חִצָּם	חיצן / חִצָּן
plural	indefinite	חיצים / חִצִּים	first	חיציי / חִצַּי		חיצינו / חִצֵּינוּ
	definite	החיצים / הַחִצִּים	second	חיציך / חִצֶּיךָ	חיצייך / חִצַּיִךְ	חיציכם / חִצֵּיכֶם	חיציכן / חִצֵּיכֶן
	construct	חיצי־ / חִצֵּי־	third	חיציו / חִצָּיו	חיציה / חִצֶּיהָ	חיציהם / חִצֵּיהֶם	חיציהן / חִצֵּיהֶן

Derived terms

חֵץ וָקֶשֶׁת (khéts vakéshet, “bow and arrow”)

References

“חץ” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
"חץ" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
H2671 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible