(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to that of chacpac; a clod -- clay.
see HEBREW chacpac
H2635. chasaph
חֲסַף noun [masculine] clay, potsherd (ᵑ7 id.; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic clay vessel, plural potsherds Schulth68, Syriac potsherd; חצְבָא ᵑ7, Late Hebrew חָצָב clay vessel; Assyrian —aƒbu, id., jar (PS1238), whence Arabic pottery Frä169, but Sabean חסף jar, acc to HomZMG Homxivi (1892), 532; compare Ethiopic jar (transposed; Di1265); see Biblical Hebrew [חַסְמַּם]); — ׳ח absolute Daniel 2:41 (׳ח מֶּחָר יְ), חֲסַ֑ף 2:33. 2:42; construct ׳ח טִינָא 2:41. 2:43; emphatic חַסְמָּא 2:34. 2:35. 2:43.v: 45.