חוּץ noun [
masculine]
the outside, sometimes, especially in plural, specifically
a street, never with suffix in singular, with
ָ ה locative
ח֫וּצָה,
חֻ֫צָה, plural
חוּצוֺת,
חֻצוֺת, with suffix
חוּצֹתָיו etc.,
Isaiah 15:3 etc.; —
1. the outside, of a house, tent, city, camp, etc., often used, especially with prepositions, to express the adverb idea of outside, abroad (Aramaic synonym, except in sense 2a, is בַּר, rfb):
a. as accusative after verb of motion
Deuteronomy 23:13 יָצָא חוּץ to go forth outside (that is, a camp),
Deuteronomy 23:14 (as adverb accusative)
בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ חוּץ outside,
הוֺצִיא הַחוּץ to bring forth
outside (a house or chamber)
Judges 19:25;
2 Samuel 13:18 compare
Nehemiah 13:8;
Judges 12:9b בָּנוֺת הֵבִיא לְבָנָיו מִןהַֿחוּץ from
outside, from
abroad,
2 Kings 4:3 שַׁאֲלִילָֿךְ כֵּלִים מִןהַֿחוּץ from
outside (opposed to
בַּבַּיִת 2 Kings 4:2); as genitive
Leviticus 18:9 מוֺלֶדֶת חוּץ one born
abroad (i.e. by another father or mother, of a half-sister: opposed to
מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת)
Ezekiel 47:2 (twice in verse). With
ָ ה locative
חוּצָה, after a verb of motion
Exodus 12:46 מִןהַֿבַּיִת ֗֗֗ חוּצָה,
Proverbs 5:16;
2 Chronicles 29:16,
33:15 חוּצָה לָעִיר outside of the city,
Numbers 35:4 מִקִּיר הָעִיר וָחוּצָה from the wall of the city
and outwards; =
on the outside, without 1 Kings 6:6;
Isaiah 33:7 צָֽעֲקוּ חוּצָה cry
without,
2 Chronicles 24:8: so
הַחוּצָה Genesis 15:5 וַיּוֺצֵא אֹתוֺ הח׳ and brought him
outside,
Genesis 19:17;
Genesis 24:29;
Joshua 2:19 +,
1 Kings 8:8 לֹא יֵרָאוּ הַחוּצָה were not seen
towards the outside,
Deuteronomy 25:5 לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָר i.e. shall not be married into another family, compare
Judges 12:9a.
b. with prepositions:
d. מִחוּץ on (
מִן 3c)
the outside Ezekiel 40:19;
Ezekiel 46:2,
מִבַיִת וּמִחוּץ within and
without (of an ark, building, etc.)
Genesis 6:14;
Exodus 25:11 =
Exodus 37:2;
1 Kings 7:9;
Deuteronomy 32:25 מחוץ תְּשַׁכֶּלחֶֿרֶב (opposed to
יּמֵחֲדָרִים אֵימָה),
Lamentations 1:20 (compare
Ezekiel 7:15 above
b); so
מֵהַחוּץ †
Ezekiel 41:25.
מִחוּץ לְ on the outside of,
Genesis 19:16 וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר,
Genesis 24:11;
Exodus 26:35;
Exodus 37:7 (twice in verse);
Leviticus 8:17;
Leviticus 14:8;
Numbers 35:5;
Joshua 6:23;
Jeremiah 21:4 +, even after a verb of motion
1 Kings 21:13 וַיּוֺצִיאוּהוּ מִחוּץ לְעִיר,
2 Kings 23:6, though in this case
אל מחוץל is more common,
Leviticus 4:12,
21 אל מחוץ למחנה,
Leviticus 6:4;
Leviticus 10:4;
Leviticus 14:40,
41 + often P,
Deuteronomy 23:11.
f. (late) †
חוּץ מִן outside of,
Ecclesiastes 2:25 who can eat, and who enjoy,
חוּץ מִמֶּנִּיִ outside of me, i.e.
except me? (but read rather, with
![Syriac Version](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_s.svg)
De Now and others,
חוּץ מִמֶּנּוּ apart from, without him, i.e. God). (So Late Hebrew
חוּץ מִן except, without, see De
Ecclesiastes 2:25. compare The Aramaic synonym
בַּר מִן except Exodus 20:3 ![Targum](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_t.svg)
;
apart from, without Isaiah 36:10 ![Targum](/assets-v3/images/lexicon/bdb/bdb_t.svg)
; Syriac
Nem rfbl id.)
2. Of a definite locality, namely
a. that which is outside the houses of a town, i.e.
a street Isaiah 51:23 כַּחוּץ לַעֹבְרִים,
Jeremiah 37:21 חוּץ הָאֹפִים the Bakers'
street,
Proverbs 1:20 כַּחוּץ, (||
כָּֽרְחֹבוֺת : so
Proverbs 7:12;
Proverbs 22:13;
Jeremiah 9:20); often in plural, as
חוּצֹת אַשְׁקְלוֹן the
streets of Ashkelon
2 Samuel 1:20,
ירושׁלם ח׳ Jeremiah 5:1;
Jeremiah 7:17,
34 — Jeremiah;
1 Kings 20:34 וְחֻצוֺת תָּשִׂיםלְֿךָ בְּדַמֶּשֶׂק and
streets (i.e. bazaars) shalt thou make thee in D., as my father made in Samaria (a concession involving the right of trading),
Amos 5:16;
Isaiah 15:3;
Isaiah 24:11 (as scene of mourning),
Isaiah 5:25;
Jeremiah 51:4;
Ezekiel 11:6;
Ezekiel 28:23 (as filled with corpses of slain),
בְּראֹשׁ כָּלחֿוּצוֺת i.e. in conspicuous places,
Nahum 3:10;
Lamentations 2:19;
Lamentations 4:1;
Isaiah 51:20,
טִיט חוּצוֺת mire of
streets Zechariah 10:5 (trampled on by warriors), in simile, of foes trodden under foot,
Psalm 18:43;
Micah 7:10 (so
כְּחֹמֶר ח׳ Isaiah 10:6), metaphor of cheapness and abundance
Zechariah 9:3.
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