חֵץ noun masculine^{1Samuel 20:20} arrow, mostly in poetry and prophets (compare חֵצִי above below חצה) — absolute ׳ח Psalm 91:5 9t. + 1 Samuel 17:7 Kt (Qr עֵץ q. v.); construct id. 2 Kings 1; 2 Kings 3:17; 2 Kings 13:17; suffix חִצִּי Job 34:6, חִצּוֺ Psalm 58:8; Zechariah 9:14, חִצָּם Psalm 11:2; Psalm 64:4; Plural חִצִּים Genesis 49:23 17t. + 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr (Kt חֵ֫צִי q. v.) + 2 Samuel 22:15 (< חִצָּיו "" Psalm 18:15); construct חִצֵּת Job 6:4; Psalm 120:4 + Ezekiel 5:16 (Co חִצַּי compare ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Hi); חִצַּי Deuteronomy 32:23,42 (Ezekiel 5:16 see above), חִצֶּיךָ Psalm 38:3 4t.; חִצָּיו Isaiah 5:28 5t.; — arrow:

1 literally, shot from bow by hand 1 Samuel 20:20,21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 20:22 (ᵐ5 We singular, i.e. הַחֵצִי, in 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 20:22, see also Dr) 1 Samuel 20:36; 1 Samuel 20:38 Qr 2 Kings 19:32 = Isaiah 37:33; Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 7:24; Jeremiah 50:9,14; Jeremiah 51:11; Ezekiel 39:3,9; 1 Chronicles 12:2; shot from engine of war 2Chronicles 26:15; used in divination Ezekiel 21:26 compare 2 Kings 13:15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 13:17 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 13:18; בַּעֲלֵי חִצִּים = archers Genesis 49:23.

2 figurative of Israel's weapons Numbers 24:8, of the (Messianic) king Psalm 45:6, of Yahweh's judgments Deuteronomy 32:23,42; Job 6:4 (compare חִצִּי = my wound Job 34:6), Psalm 7:14; Psalm 38:3; Psalm 58:8 (but on text compare Che^{critical note}.) Psalm 64:8; Psalm 120:4 (? compare Che); further Proverbs 7:23; Lamentations 3:12; Ezekiel 5:16; in theoph. Psalm 18:15 = 2 Samuel 22:15, compare Habakkuk 3:11; Zechariah 9:14; Psalm 144:6; of wicked men's violence Psalm 11:2; compare Psalm 91:5, under figure of lion's teeth Psalm 57:5; their words Psalm 64:4 compare Proverbs 25:18; Jeremiah 9:8; simile, of strength and efficiency derived from one's children, Psalm 127:4; of a deceiver's words Proverbs 26:18; metaphor of servant of ׳בָּרוּר י ׳ח Isaiah 49:2. — In 1 Samuel 17:7 read עֵץ (for חֵץ) as Qr and "" 2 Samuel 21:19 = the shaft; see עֵץ; so Klo Dr.