Pronunciation: khoots khoots. Origin: (both forms fem. in the pl.) from an unused root meaning to sever. Reference: TWOT - 627a. PrtSpch: noun masculine.

Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia, mortally wounded in the streets of her cities. NIV ©. They will fall down ...

I will send a plague upon her and make blood flow in her streets. The slain will fall within her, with the sword against her on every side. Then they will know ...