חָצַץ (ḥāṣaṣ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning archers. It appears
3 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2686).
Also rendered
divide
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 721)
Range of meaning (TWOT 721)divide; they have been cut in two, curtailed; chop, pierce, sever, distribute, shoot; archer, cut off in the midst
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָצַץverb: divide
Qalof locusts; i.e. dividing (themselves) into companies or swarms.
Pielv.
Pualthey have been cut in two (figuratively for curtailed).
Strong's H2686חָצַץ: properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow KJV:archer, × bands, cut off in the midst.
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.