cha.tsah describes separating people, goods, waters, or larger groups into distinct portions.

The attested uses most often concern assigning people, goods, or a camp into separate groups or shares. It also describes waters separating so that people cross, and appears with the division of kingdoms or nations; in Isaiah 30:28, the APB’s wording does not isolate the term’s contribution.

1. Apportioning people, camps, or goods · dominant

   In Genesis 33:1 the Qal sequential imperfect occurs where Jacob arranges the children among Leah, Rachel, and the maidservants; the APB renders that action “He divided the children.” In Judges 7:16 and Judges 9:43, it marks placing men into three companies, while Numbers 31:27 and Exodus 21:35 concern distributing prey or the value and remains of an ox between parties.

   Genesis 33:1Judges 7:16Judges 9:43Numbers 31:27Numbers 31:42Exodus 21:35
2. Waters separating into two sides · occasional

   In 2 Kings 2:8 and 2 Kings 2:14, Niphal sequential imperfect forms occur after a cloak strikes the water, followed by crossing. The APB renders the result that “the water divided here and there.”

   2 Kings 2:82 Kings 2:14
3. Division of kingdoms or nations · occasional

   In Daniel 11:4, a Niphal jussive occurs in the prediction that a kingdom will be broken and distributed toward the four winds; the APB renders it “will be divided.” In Ezekiel 37:22, the Niphal imperfect stands in the denial that the people will continue as two nations or be “divided into two kingdoms”; Isaiah 30:28 places a Qal imperfect in a clause about sifting nations, though the APB does not clearly identify its individual rendering.

   Daniel 11:4Ezekiel 37:22Isaiah 30:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer clauses, the APB commonly uses “divided” or “divide,” whether the subject is children, men, goods, waters, or kingdoms. In Isaiah 30:28 it renders the surrounding clause with “to sift the nations,” so the translation does not provide a clear word-level equivalent there.