nits.tsav denotes the hilt of the sword in the account of its thrust into the king's body.

The attested use identifies the hilt of a sword, named in the report that it went in after the blade in Judges 3:22.

1. The hilt of a sword · dominant

   In Judges 3:22, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the report that the hilt went in after the blade. The APB renders the clause, “And the hilt also went in after the flame,” confirming the weapon-part context of the verse.

   Judges 3:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Judges 3:22, the APB explicitly presents the term as “the hilt” in the clause about the weapon entering.