חֵץ

חֵץ(b. h.; חָצַץ I) 1) wedge, arrow. Mikv. X, 8 חץ שהוא תחוב באדם an arrow sticking in a persons body; Tosef. ib. VII (VIII), 9. Arakh.15b חץ עד מ״ה אמה the range of an arrow is forty five cubits. Ib. אין חץ אלא לשון arrow means (an evil) tongue (ref. to Jer. 9:7); a. fr. Y.Keth.II., beg.26a שחיצה, read: שחֶצְיָהּ)Pl. חִצִּים, חִצִּין, חִי׳. Lam. R. to III, 12 (expl. כמטרה לחץ ib.) כקורת ח׳וכ׳ like the post for arrows (for military practice) at which all shoot Tanḥ. Nitsab. 1 (ref. to Deut. 32:23) חִצַּי כליןוכ׳ my arrows will he spent, but they (Israel) shall not cease; ib. חִצָּיו כליןוכ׳ his arrows will be spent, but the post will remain; Sot.9a. B. Kam.22a אשו משום חִצָּיו he is responsible for his fire, because it is his arrows (i. e. his action), opp. משום ממונו because it is his property which caused the damage. Ib. חציו דכלב it is the action of (his) dog; חציו דגמל of his camel; a. fr. 2) shaft.Pl. as ab. Succ.12b; 15a ה׳ זכרים plain shafts, opp. נקבות shafts with a hole into which the arrow-head is sat.