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 
 
 
 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 
; 
apart from, without Isaiah 36:10 
; 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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