{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4276",
  "lemma": "מַחֲצִית",
  "transliteration": "machătsîyth",
  "definition": "a halving or the middle",
  "kjv": "half (so much), mid(-day).",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2673",
      "lemma": "חָצָה",
      "transliteration": "châtsâh",
      "meaning": "to cut or split in two",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2673"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מַחֲצִית n.f. half, middle",
    "1. half of a shekel",
    "2. middle = midday, noon"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 30:13",
      "text": "They shall give this, everyone who passes over to those who are counted, half a shekel according to the shekel of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 30:15",
      "text": "The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 30:23",
      "text": "“Also take fine spices: of liquid myrrh, five hundred shekels; and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, even two hundred…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/30?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 38:26",
      "text": "a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/38?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 6:13",
      "text": "“This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD in the day when he is anointed: one…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/6?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 31:29",
      "text": "Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for the LORD’s wave offering.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 31:30",
      "text": "Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 31:42",
      "text": "Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=42"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 31:47",
      "text": "even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/31?v=47"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 21:25",
      "text": "Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/21?v=25"
    }
  ],
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