Lexical Summary chatser: enclosure, court Original Word: חָצֵרTransliteration: chatser Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-tsare') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: enclosure, court Meaning: a yard, a hamlet Strong's Concordance court, tower, village (masculine and feminine); from chatsar in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls) -- court, tower, village. see HEBREW chatsar Brown-Driver-Briggs H2691. chatser I. חָצֵר145 noun masculineEzekiel 40:23 and (oftener) feminine1 Kings 6:36 enclosure, court — absolute ׳ח 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Jeremiah 36:20; construct חֲצַר Exodus 27:9 +; suffix חֲצֵרוֺ 2 Samuel 17:18; חֲצֵרוֺת Exodus 8:9 4t.; construct חַצְרֵי Nehemiah 13:7, הַצְרוֺת 2 Kings 21:5 10t.; suffix חֲצֵרָ֑י Isaiah 1:12; Zechariah 3:7; חֲצֵרֶיךָ Psalm 65:5; 84:11; חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1 Chronicles 28:6; חֲצֵרֹתָיו Psalm 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו 96:8, וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 8:16; — 1 enclosures (in Egypt),perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exodus 8:9 (J). 2 court of private house 2 Samuel 17:18 (containing well), compare Nehemiah 8:16; of a palace, הָאַחֶרֶת חָצֵר 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from ׳(הֶ)ח הַגְּדוֺלָה 7:9; 7:12 the great court, including ׳ח ׳הא and ׳הֶח הַמְּנִימִית of temple (see 3b) in one great enclosure (see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.); 2 Kings 20:4 (Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others הָעִיר), Jeremiah 36:20; Esther 1:5; 2:11; 4:11; 5:1-2, 6:4 (twice in verse); 6:5; ׳ח מַטָּרָה court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jeremiah 32:2 (in king's house), 32:8; 32:12; 33:1; 37:21 (twice in verse); 38:6, 13, 28; 39:14-15,. Especially 3. a. court of tabernacle הַמִּשְׁכָּן חֲצַר Exodus 27:9, compare 27:9; 27:12; 27:13 24t. Exodus (all P; הֶח ׳שַׁעַר gate of the court 35:17; 38:15, 18, 31; 39:40; 40:8, 33); Leviticus 6:9; 6:19; Numbers 3:26 (twice in verse) (׳הֶח מֶּתַח), 3:37; 4:26 (twice in verse) (הֶח שַׁעַר ׳מֶּתַח), 4:32; courts of house of ׳י 1 Chronicles 23:28. b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with ׳הֶח הַמְּנִימִית 1 Kings 6:36; 7:12 (but on text see Stal. c.) Ezekiel 8:16; 10:3 compare 10:4; = upper with ׳הֶח הָעֶלְיוֺן Jeremiah 36:10 (see Gf), and ׳ח הַכֹּהֲנִים2 Chronicles 4:9 (where also הַגְּדוֺלָה הָעֲזָרָה, as often Ezek., also לָעֲזָרָה דְּלָתוֺת); outer court הַחִיצֹנָה ׳הֶח Ezekiel 10:5 = ׳הֶח הַחֲדָשָׁה2 Chronicles 20:5; see further 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; 24:21; 29:16; Jeremiah 19:14; 26:2; Ezekiel 8:7; two courts 2 Kings 21:5 2 Chronicles 33:5; 2 Kings 23:12; courts Ezekiel 9:7; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 23:5; Nehemiah 8:1, 6; 13:7; often in poetry, courts of ׳י Isaiah 1:12; 62:9 (׳ח קדשׁי), Zechariah 3:7; Psalm 65:5; 84:3; 84:11; 96:8; 100:4; 116:19; 135:2 c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:14 38t. Ezekiel 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר 40:19, 32 with ᵐ5 Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר 41:15 with ᵐ5 Ew Co). **42:6 הַחִיצֹנוֺת for הַחֲצֵרוֺת. II. חצר (√ of following; compare Arabic be present, settle or dwell, see LagBN 47 f.; Sabean חצֿר fixed abode Os (Levy)ZMG 1865, 185 CISiv, 1. 2, No. 79. 82). II. [חָצֵר]46 noun masculineNehemiah 11:25 settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl. c.) — always plural, absolute חֲצֵרִים Joshua 19:8 5t.; construct חַצְרֵי 1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 12:28; suffix חֲצֵרֶיהָ Joshua 21:12 4t.; חַצְרֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:33 6t.; חַצְרֵיהֶן Joshua 13:23-24t. Joshua; — a. settlements of Ishmaelites Genesis 25:16 (P; "" טִירוֺת circles of tents); of עַוִּים Deuteronomy 2:23; of Kedar Isaiah 42:11 ("" עָרִים); סָבִיב חֹמָה אֵיןלָֿהֶם אֲשֶׁר הַחֲצֵרִים בָּתֵּי Leviticus 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; חֲצֵרִים מַאֲרַב Psalm 10:8 lurking-place(s) of villages (i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usu. b. as dependencies of cities Joshua 15:46, with בְּנֹתֶיהָ (see above בַּת 4 p. 123) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); ׳וְכָלהַֿח הֶעָרִים סְבִיבוֺת אֲשֶׁר 19:8 (P), also 21:12 (P), = 1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 12:29; also Joshua 13:23, 28; 15:32 23t. Joshua (all P), Nehemiah 11:25, 30 ("" בָּנוֺת 11:25; 11:27 etc.), 12:28. c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isaiah 42:11 above) 1 Chronicles 9:16, 22, 25 (all of Levites). d. ׳ח apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem בִּשְׂדֹתָם ׳הַח Nehemiah 11:25. — ׳ח in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Joshua 15:20-32). |