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chatzot

chatzot noun: the time exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise; midnight.

Noun

chatzot (uncountable)

  1. (Judaism) The time exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise; midnight.
    • A wind would blow every night at chatzos and cause King David's harp to play, and this would wake him up and he would study torah.2004 June 10, cindys, “God studies Torah and wears Tefillin?”, in alt.messianic (Usenet)

Forms of chatzot

alternative formchatzos

Origin of chatzot

Borrowed from Hebrew חצות.

Questions about chatzot

What does chatzot mean?
Chatzot means the time exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise; midnight.
What part of speech is chatzot?
Chatzot is a noun.

Words near chatzot in the dictionary

  1. chatwood
  2. Chatwoods
  3. Chatzimanolakis
  4. Chatzimanolakises
  5. chatzos
  6. chatzot
  7. Chatīsgaṛh
  8. Chau
  9. Chau Doc
  10. chau min
  11. chaubac

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