Strong’s H4275 · Hebrew
מֶחֱצָה
mechĕtsâh
mekh-ets-aw'
Definition
a halving
Etymology
from H2673 (חָצָה)lemma חָעָה ayin, corrected to חָצָה;
Where the KJV renders it
- half
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