chatzot

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noun

The time exactly halfway between sunset and sunrise; midnight.

OriginHebrew חצות →
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Meanings

nounchatzot (uncountable)

alternative chatzos

  1. JudaismuncountableThe 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)

Origin

  1. Hebrewחצות
  2. Englishchatzot

Borrowed from Hebrew חצות.

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APA

chatzot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chatzot

MLA

“chatzot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chatzot. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chatzot,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chatzot.

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