חֲצוֹת הַיּוֹם

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Midday

הגדרה (אנגלית)

The middle of the day. The middle of the day (half of the meaning is half, middle. The original origin of the expression is in the expression 'half of the night' in the verse in Shemot 4: "And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About half of the night will I go out from the midst of Egypt").

("And a strong city was Gaash, one of the cities of the kings of the Amorites. They went there and waged war against the city until midday and could not capture it, because it had three walls, wall within wall" — Yalkut Shimoni, Torah, Parashat Vayishlach, remez 133; and also: "One day, after midday, she went out into the street—not on us—naked, like her mother had borne her" — Y. Burla, Kisufim, 56)