חָצַב (ḥāṣab) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning hew. It appears
25 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2672).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 718)
Range of meaning (TWOT 718)hew, hew out, cleave; dig, hew wood, hew in pieces; be cut, hewn, graven; split, square, quarry, engrave; divide, grave, hewer, made, mason
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָצַבverb: hew, hew out, cleave
Qal
1.hew out, (dig)
2.
a.hew stone
b.hew wood
3.metaphorically hew in pieces
Niphalbe cut, hewn, graven (words on rock)
Pualfiguratively, hewn out of rock
Hiphilhew in pieces
Strong's H2672חָצַב: to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave KJV:cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.