חוּץ

1. the outside, of a house, tent, city, camp, etc., often used, especially with prepositions, to express the adverb idea of outside, abroad (Aramaic synonym, except in sense 2 a, is בַּר, ):
\ \ a. as accusative after verb of motion 5 Mos 23,13 יָצָא חוּץ to go forth outside (that is, a camp), v.5 Mos 23,14 (as adverb accusative) בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ חוּץ outside, הוֺצִיא הַחוּץ to bring forth outside (a house or chamber) Dom 19,25; 2 Sam 13,18 compare Neh 13,8; Dom 12,9b בָּנוֺת הֵבִיא לְבָנָיו מִןהַֿחוּץ from outside, from abroad, 2 Kong 4,3 שַׁאֲלִילָֿךְ כֵּלִים מִןהַֿחוּץ from outside (opposed to בַּבַּיִת v2 Kong 4,2); as genitive 3 Mos 18,9 מוֺלֶדֶת חוּץ one born abroad (i.e. by another father or mother, of a half-sister: opposed to מוֺלֶדֶת בַּיִת) Ezk 47,2 (twice in verse). With ָ  ה locative חוּצָה, after a verb of motion 2 Mos 12,46 מִןהַֿבַּיִת ֗֗֗ חוּצָה, Ord 5,16 חוּצָה לָעִיר outside of the city, 4 Mos 35,4 מִקִּיר הָעִיר וָחוּצָה from the wall of the city and outwards; = on the outside, without 1 Kong 6,6; Es 33,7 צָֽעֲקוּ חוּצָה cry without, 2 Kron 24,8: so הַחוּצָה 1 Mos 15,5 ׳וַיּוֺצֵא אֹתוֺ הח and brought him outside, 1 Mos 19,17; 1 Mos 24,29; Jos 2,19 +, 1 Kong 8,8 לֹא יֵרָאוּ הַחוּצָה were not seen towards the outside, 5 Mos 25,5 לֹא תִהְיֶה אֵשֶׁת הַמֵּת הַחוּצָה לְאִישׁ זָרi.e. shall not be married into another family, compare Dom 12,9 a.
\ \ b. with preps.: a. אלהֿחוץ towards the outside Ezk 41,9, Ezk 34,21 pleonastic אלהֿחוצה. b. בחוץ 1 Mos 9,22 outside (opposed to בְּתוֺךְ אָהֳלֹה v1 Mos 9,21), 1 Mos 24,31 לָמָּה תַעֲמֹד בַּחוץ, 5 Mos 24,11; 2 Mos 21,19 אם יקום והתהלך בחוץ (after leaving a sick couch), 2 Kong 10,24; Sl 31,12; Ezk 7,15 (opposed to מִבַּיִת), Hos 7,1 +. c. לחוץ Sl 41,7 יצא לחוץ; = on the outside Ezk 41,17; Ezk 42,7, לַחוּצָה 2 Kron 32,5 towards the outside. d. מִחוּץ on (מִן 3 c) the outside Ezk 40,19; Ezk 46,2, מִבַיִת וּמִחוּץ within and without (of an ark, building, etc.) 1 Mos 6,14; 2 Mos 25,11 = 2 Mos 37,2; 1 Kong 7,9; 5 Mos 32,25 מחוץ תְּשַׁכֶּלחֶֿרֶב (opposed to יּמֵחֲדָרִים אֵימָה), Klg 1,20 (compare Ezk 7,15 above b); so מֵהַחוּץ Ezk 41,25. מִחוּץ לְ on the outside of, 1 Mos 19,16 וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ מִחוּץ לָעִיר, 1 Mos 24,11; 2 Mos 26,35; 2 Mos 37,7 (twice in verse); 3 Mos 8,17; 3 Mos 14,8; 4 Mos 35,5; Jos 6,23; Jer 21,4 +, even after a verb of motion 1 Kong 21,13 וַיּוֺצִיאוּהוּ מִחוּץ לְעִיר, 2 Kong 23,6, though in this case אל מחוץל is more common, 3 Mos 4,12; 3 Mos 4,21 אל מחוץ למחנה, 3 Mos 6,4; 3 Mos 10,4; 3 Mos 14,40; 3 Mos 14,41 + often P, 5 Mos 23,11. e. מִחוּצָה Ezk 40,40 on the outside, מִחוּצָה לְ vEzk 40,44. f. (late) חוּץ מִן outside of, Praed 2,25 who can eat, and who enjoy, חוּץ מִמֶּנִּיִ outside of me, i.e. except me? (but read rather, with ᵐ5 ᵑ6 De Now and others, חוּץ מִמֶּנּוּ apart from, without him, i.e. God). (So Late Hebrew חוּץ מִן except, without, see De^{Praed 2,25.} compare The Aramaic synonym בַּר מִן except 2 Mos 20,3 ᵑ7; apart from, without Es 36,10 ᵑ7; Syriac id.)

2. Of a definite locality, namely
\ \ a. that which is outside the houses of a town, i.e. a street Es 51,23 כַּחוּץ לַעֹבְרִים, Jer 37,21 חוּץ הָאֹפִים the Bakers' street, Ord 1,20 כַּחוּץ, (|| כָּֽרְחֹבוֺת: so Ord 7,12; Ord 22,13; Jer 9,20); often in plural, as חוּצֹת אַשְׁקְלוֹן the streets of Ashkelon 2 Sam 1,20, ירושׁלם ׳ח Jer 5,1; Jer 7,17; Jer 7,34 + often Jeremiah; 1 Kong 20,34 וְחֻצוֺת תָּשִׂיםלְֿךָ בְּדַמֶּשֶׂק and streets (i.e. bazaars) shalt thou make thee in D., as my father made in Samaria (a concession involving the right of trading), Amos 5,16; Es 15,3; Es 24,11 (as scene of mourning), Es 5,25; Jer 51,4; Ezk 11,6; Ezk 28,23 ( as filled with corpses of slain), בְּראֹשׁ כָּלחֿוּצוֺת i.e. in conspicuous places, Nah 3,10; Klg 2,19; Klg 4,1; Es 51,20, טִיט חוּצוֺת mire of streets Zak 10,5 (trampled on by warriors), in simile, of foes trodden under foot, Sl 18,43; Mik 7,10 ( so ׳כְּחֹמֶר ח Es 10,6), metaphor of cheapness and abundance Zak 9,3.
\ \ b. more generally, that which is outside enclosed cities, the open country, Job 18,17 וְלאֹ שֵׁם לוֺ עַלפְּֿנֵיחֿוּץ (see De), compare Ord 24,27 in the plural Job 5,10 וְשֹׁלֵחַ מַיִם עַל פְנֵי חוּצוֺת, Ord 8,26; Sl 144,13 (as place where flocks abound).