cha.tsot denotes the midpoint of the night, marking actions at midnight in the attested verses.

The attested uses mark the middle point of the night: Exodus 11:4 and Psalm 119:62 locate an action at that time, while Job 34:20 places the shaking and passing away of people in the middle of the night.

1. Midpoint of the night · dominant

   All three occurrences use a feminine singular construct form in a time expression. In Exodus 11:4 the APB renders Moses' announcement as "About midnight" before going out into Egypt; in Job 34:20 it places people's being shaken and passing away "at the middle of the night"; and in Psalm 119:62 it says, "At midnight I rise" to give thanks.

   Exodus 11:4Job 34:20Psalm 119:62

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the time expression as "About midnight," "at the middle of the night," and "At midnight." These phrases confirm the verses' nighttime setting rather than isolate a precise English equivalent in every clause.