Brown-Driver-Briggs
חֲנִית noun feminine spear (as
flexible? see Thes); —
absolute חֲנִית 2 Samuel 13:19 26t.; construct
id. 1 Samuel 26:16 (so
1 Samuel 26:22 Qr, where Kt has article); suffix
חֲנִיתָ֑ךָ Habakkuk 3:11;
חֲנִיתוֺ 1 Samuel 17:7 (twice in verse) + 11 t. +
2 Samuel 23:8, see below; plural
חֲנִיתִים2Chronicles 23:9;
חֲנִיתוֺתֵיהֶם Isaiah 2:4 =
חֲנִיתֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3; —
1 spear, as hurled 1 Samuel 18:10,11; 1 Samuel 19:9,10 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:33; held by king 1 Samuel 22:6; sign of king's presence 1 Samuel 26:7,8,11,12,16,22 (see RSK 171); also 2 Samuel 1:6; 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 21:19; 2 Samuel 23:18,21 (3 t. in verse); 1 Chronicles 11:11 = 2 Samuel 23:8, where read הוּא עוֺרֵר אֶתחֲֿנִיתוֺ (for הוּא עֲדִינוֺ הָעֶצְנִו֯) according to Ew Th Ke Klo Dr (not We), 1 Chronicles 11:20,23 (3 t. in verse); plural 2Chronicles 23:9; often "" חֶרֶב 1 Samuel 13:19,22; 1 Samuel 17:45,47; 1 Samuel 21:9; Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; Nahum 3:3; "" שְׁלָטִים 2 Kings 11:10; "" צִנָּה 1 Chronicles 12:35 (Baer); מַסָּע Job 41:18; סְגֹד Psalm 35:3; "" קֶשֶׁת Psalm 46:10.
2. a. shaft of spear is ׳עֵץ ח 2 Samuel 23:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5 + 1 Samuel 17:7 Qr (doubtless right; Kt חץ).
b. spear-head ׳לַהֶבֶת ח 1 Samuel 17:7, compare ׳לַהַב ח Job 39:23; ׳בְּרַק ח Nahum 3:3; Habakkuk 3:11.
c. butt of spear ׳אַחֲרֵי ח 2 Samuel 2:23.
3 metaphor of teeth of lions Psalm 2Sam 57:5 ("" חצים; figurative of Psalmist's enemies).
