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ḥāṣav חָצַב ‘to hew’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

ḥāṣav v
1) to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to hew out, dig
  1a2) to hew
1a2a) stone
1a2b) wood
  1a3) to hew in pieces (metaph.)
  1a4) to divide, cleave
 1b) (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved
 1c) (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces
 1d) (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

Mentioned in Deuteronomy 8:9, 6:11 1 Kings 5:29 2 Kings 12:13 Isaiah 51:1, 10:15, 51:9, 5:2, 22:16 Jeremiah 2:13 Hosea 6:5 Psalms 29:7 Proverbs 9:1 Job 19:24 Ezra 3:7 Nehemiah 9:25 1 Chronicles 22:2, 22:15 2 Chronicles 26:10, 2:1, 24:12, 2:17

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