חִתִּי

adj. et n.gent. Hittite(s) (Egyptian Ḫ-tá, Ḫetá. W Max MüllAsien u. Europa, 319 ff.; Assyrian Ḫatti, SchrKG 192 ff. COT on Gn 10:19 DlPa, 269 ff.; Tel-el-Amarna Ḫatti, Ḫatta BezTel el Amarn. Brit. Mus. 150)—m. always c. art. הַחִתִּי Gn 23:10 Ex 3:8 +; f. חִתִּית Ez 16:3, 45; mpl. הַחִתִּים Jos 1:4 + 3 times; fpl. חִתִּיֹּת 1 K 11:1;— adj., of seller of Machpelah to Abr., עֶפְרוֹן הַחִתִּי Gn 23:10; 49:29, 30; 50:13; עֶפְרֹן בֶּן־צֹחַר הַח׳ 25:9 (all P); of fathers of Esau’s wives בְּאֵרִי הַח׳ Gn 26:34; אֵילוֹן הַח׳ v 34; 36:2 (all P); also of warriors of David, אֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַח׳ 1 S 26:6, and especially אוּרִיָּה הַח׳ 2 S 11:3, 6, 17, 21, 24; 12:9, 10; 23:39 1 K 15:5 1 Ch 11:41; fs. = subst., only of (religious) ancestry of Jerus. Ez 16:3 thy father was the Amorite, and thy mother was a Hittite woman חִתִּית, similarly v 45; fpl.; = subst. of Sol.’s foreign wives, חִתִּיֹּת 1 K 11:1 Hittite women (+ מוֹאֲבִיּוֹת, עַמּוֹנִיּוֹת, אֲדֹמִיִּת, צֵדְנִיֹּת). n. usually coll. הַחִתִּי the Hittites: in lists of Canaanitish peoples Gn 15:20 (JE), Ex 3:8, 17 (both J), 13:5, 23:23, 28; 33:2; 34:11 Nu 13:29 Jos 3:10 (all JE), Dt 7:1; 20:17 Jos 9:1; 12:8; 24:11 (all D); read also for הַחִוִּי Ju 3:3 (so We Mey BuUrg. 350); in Jos 11:3 (D) del. הַחִתִּי We Mey Bul.c., and read then הַחִתִּי for הַחִוִּי v b (so 𝔊, not 𝔊L); further 1 K 9:20 = 2 Ch 8:7, Ezr 9:1 Ne 9:8. pl. הַחִתִּים: כֹּל אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים Jos 1:4 (D) nearly = land of Canaanites; ארץ הַח׳ specif. of northern home of Hittites Ju 1:26; so also 2 S 24:6 where read אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים קֵ֫דְשָׁה (for MT תחתים חָדְשִׁי, v. חָדְשִׁי, קֵדֶשׁ); מַלְכֵי הַחִתִּים 1 K 10:29 = 2 Ch 1:17 (both + מַלְכֵי אֲרָם), 2 K 7:6 (+ מַלְכֵי מִצְרַיִם, both feared by אֲרָם). Hence it appears that הַחִתִּי(ם) had their proper seat in the north—where also they were encountered by Assyrians from time of TP I (v. Schr Dll.c.), and by Egyptians from time of Tutmes III (v. W Max Mülll.c.).—(cf. also Ju 3:3 Jos 11:3 supr.), but that individual Hittites were known in Isr. (cf., besides 1 S 2:6 2 S 11:3 etc., 1 K 9:20 supr.); that the Hittites were regarded (by JED) as one of the peoples of Canaan, and that the name even came to be used in more gen. sense for Canaanites. Only in P do they appear as having a definite settlement in the south, and are designated by בְּנֵי־חֵת (v. חֵת), as well as by the adj. הַחתִּי.