che.tsi denotes one of two equal portions, whether of material, a measured unit, a people, land, or a stated limit.

The noun most often identifies one portion within a division, including divided materials and bodies of people, as well as territorial or tribal designations. It also occurs in numerical measurements and time expressions, and in statements that set a comparison or the extent of an offered request.

1. One share within a divided whole · dominant

   In Exodus 24:6, the noun occurs in the account of blood being placed in vessels and the other portion being scattered on the altar. In 1 Kings 3:25, the king orders the living child divided between two recipients; in 1 Kings 16:21, the people are divided between Tibni and Omri. The APB renders these clauses with "half" or "two parts."

   Exodus 24:61 Kings 3:251 Kings 16:21Isaiah 44:162 Samuel 10:4
2. A measured fractional amount · common

   The noun appears with cubit measurements in Exodus 25:10, where the ark's dimensions include a cubit and a half, and in Exodus 26:16, where a board is one and a half cubits wide. It also marks a temporal fraction in Daniel 9:27, where the APB renders the clause "for half of the week."

   Exodus 25:10Exodus 26:161 Kings 7:31Ezekiel 43:17Daniel 9:27
3. A territorial or tribal portion · common

   In Deuteronomy 3:13, the noun occurs in the allocation of Bashan to a portion of Manasseh, while Joshua 12:6 names the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as recipients of land. In 1 Chronicles 5:18, the same designation identifies the Manassite group among the warriors.

   Deuteronomy 3:13Joshua 12:61 Chronicles 5:181 Chronicles 5:231 Chronicles 27:20
4. A stated limit or comparative amount · occasional

   In Esther 5:3, the king frames Esther's request as extending "even to half the kingdom," and the same limit recurs in Esther 5:6. In 1 Kings 10:7, the noun occurs in the comparison that not even that amount of Solomon's wisdom and good had been reported.

   Esther 5:3Esther 5:6Esther 7:21 Kings 10:7Ezekiel 16:51

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB commonly presents the noun with "half," including measured amounts, divided objects, and stated limits; it also uses "two parts" in 1 Kings 16:21. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, some supplied verses do not isolate the noun's English contribution.