- חָצַץ
- חָצַץI (b. h.; v. חוּץ) 1) to drive a wedge in (v. Prov. 30:27).Denom. חֵץ. 2) to pick ones teeth. Bets.IV, 6 לַחֲצוֹץוכ׳; (Tosef. ib. III, 18 לחצות, v. חָצָה). 3) to interpose, v. חוּץ I. Zeb.19a מהו שיָחוֹצּוּ (or שיָחוּצוּ). Ib. אפי׳ נימא אחת חוֹצֶצֶת even one thread forms an unlawful interposition. Ib. חוֹצְצוֹת; a. fr. Pi. חִיצֵּץ to pick ones teeth. Y.Sabb.VIII, end, 11c; Ḥull.16b אין מְחַצְּצִיןוכ׳ one must not use it for
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
