Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(ח) וַיִּירָ֧א יַעֲקֹ֛ב מְאֹ֖ד וַיֵּ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ וַיַּ֜חַץ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ וְאֶת־הַצֹּ֧אן וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֛ר וְהַגְּמַלִּ֖ים לִשְׁנֵ֥י מַחֲנֽוֹת׃
Jacob was very frightened; in his anxiety, he divided the people with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps.
לַחֲצוֹת (שֹׁרֶשׁ ח.צ.ה)
- To halve or divide
- To cross
חֵצִי = Half
חֲצוֹת = Midnight
מַעֲבַר חֲצָיָה = Crosswalk
Find the Word!
Have you heard this word before?
- What is the name of the part of the Pesah Seder in which the matzah is broken into two pieces?
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