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חצר TWOT 722, 723, 724, 725, 726 ( of foll.; cf. Arabic حَصَرَ (ḥaṣara) encompass, surround; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ḥaṣara ) surround, enclose by wall, etc.; ˜˜r ( ḥaṣur ) enclosure; NH חָצֵר court , Ph. חצר id. , Syriac ܚܨܳܪܳܐ ( ḥṣoro ), id. )

I . חָצֵר S 2691, 2694, 2699 TWOT 722a, 723a GK 2958, 2959145 n.m. Ez 40:23 and (oftender) f. 1 K 6:36 enclosure, court abs. ח׳ 1 K 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Je 36:2 0; cstr. חֲצַר Ex 27:9 +; sf. חֲצֵרֹו 2 S 17:1 8; חֲצֵרֹות Ex 8:9 + 4 times; cstr. חַצְרֵי Ne 13: 7, חַצְרֹות 2 K 21:5 + 10 times; sf. חֲצֵרָ˜י Is 1:12 Zc 3: 7; חֲצֵרֶיךָ ψ 65:5 ; 84:11 ; חֲצֵרֹותָ˜י 1 Ch 28: 6; חֲצֵרֹחָיו ψ 100:4 , לְחַצְרֹותָ˜יו ψ 96:8 , וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Ne 8:1 6;— 1. enclosures (in Egypt), perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Ex 8:9 ( J ). 2. court of private house 2 S 17:18 (containing well), cf. Ne 8:1 6; of a palace, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 K 7:8 the other court , immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from (הֶ)ח׳ הַגְּדֹולָה v 9, 12 the great court , including ח׳ הא׳ and הֶח׳ הַפְּנִימִית of temple ( v. 3 b ) in one great enclosure ( v. Sta Salomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 152f. ); 2 K 20:4 (MSS. Qr Vrss The al. ; Kt Ke al. הָעִיר ), Je 36:20 Est 1: 5; 2:11 ; 4:11 ; 5:1 , 2 ; 6:4 (×2), 5 ; ח׳ מַטָּרָה court of guard , place of (honourable) confinement Je 32:2 (in king’s house), v 8, 12 ; 33:1 ; 37:21 (×2); 38:6 , 13 , 28 ; 39:14 , 15 . Especially 3. a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Ex 27: 9, cf. v 9, 12 , 13 + 24 times Ex (all P ; שַׁעַר הֶח׳ gate of the court Ex 35:1 7; 38:15 , 18 , 31 ; 39:40 ; 40:8 , 33 ); Lv 6:9 , 19 Nu 3:26 (×2) ( הֶח׳ פֶּתַת ), v 37 4:26 (×2) ( פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶח׳ ), v 3 2; courts of house of י׳ 1 Ch 23:28 . b. court ( s ) of Sol.’s temple, inner c. הֶח׳ הַפְּנִימית 1 K 6:3 6; 7:12 (but on text v Sta l.c.) Ez 8:16 ; 10:3 cf. v 4; = upper c. הֶח׳ הָעֶלְיֹון Je 36:10 ( v . Gf ), and ח׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים 2 Ch 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדֹולָה , as often Ezek., also דְּלָתֹות לָעֲזָרָה ); outer court הַחִיצֹנָה הֶח׳ Ez 10:5 = הֶח׳ הַחֲדָשָׁה 2 Ch 20: 5; v . further 1 K 8:64 = 2 Ch 7: 7, 2 Ch 24:21 ; 29:16 Je 19:14 ; 26:2 Ez 8: 7; two courts 2 K 21:5 = 2 Ch 33: 5, 2 K 23:12 ; courts Ez 9:7 1 Ch 28:12 2 Ch 23:5 Ne 8: 1, 6 ; 13:7 ; often poet., courts of י׳ Is 1:1 2; 62:9 ( ח׳ קדשׁי ) Zc 3:7 ψ 65:5 ; 84:3 , 11 ; 96:8 ; 100:4 ; 116:19 ; 135:2 . c. courts of Ezek.’s temple Ez 40:14 + 38 times Ez 40–46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר 40:1 9, 32 with Ö Hi C o; and החיצון for החצר 41:15 with Ö Ew C o; cf. 42:6 הַחִיצֹנֹות for הַחֲצֵרֹות ); s. תִּיכֹון on p. 1064.

Sta B. Stade.

ZAW Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft . Vrss Old Versions.


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