חצר
TWOT
722, 723, 724, 725, 726
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
Arabic
حَضَرَ
(ḥaḍara) be present, settle
or
dwell
,
v. Lag
BN 47 f.;
Sab.
חצֿר
fixed abode
Os
(
Levy
)
ZMG 1865, 185
CIS
iv, 1. 2,
No.
79. 82
)
.
II
. [
חָצֵר
S
2691, 2694, 2699
TWOT
722a, 723a
GK
2958, 2959
]
46 n.m.
Ne 11:25
settled abode, settlement, village
(
Lag
l.c.)
—always
pl.
,
abs.
חֲצֵרִים
Jos 19:8
+
5 times;
cstr.
חַצְרֵי
1 Ch 9:16 Ne 12:2
8;
sf.
חֲצֵרֶיהָ
Jos 21:12
+
4 times;
חַצְרֵיהֶם
1 Ch 4:33
+
6 times;
חַצְרֵיהֶן
Jos 13:23
+
24 times; Jos;—
a.
settlements of Ishmaelites
Gn 25:16
(
P
;
||
טִירֹות
circles
of tents); of
עַוִּים
Dt 2:23
; of Kedar
Is 42:11
(
||
עָרִים
);
הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לָהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב בָּתֵּי
Lv 25:31
(
H
),
houses of the villages which have no wall about them;
מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים
ψ 10:8
lurking-place
(
s
)
of villages
(i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usually
b.
as dependencies of cities
Jos 15:46
, with
בְּנֹתֶיהָ
(
v. supr.
בַּת
4
p. 123)
Jos 15:45
,
47
(×2) (all JE?);
וְכָל־הָח׳ אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבֹות הֶעָרִים
19:8
(
P
), also
21:12
(
P
)
=
1 Ch 6:4
1,
Ne 12:29
; also
Jos 13:23
,
28
;
15:32
+
23 times Jos (all
P
),
Ne 11:25
,
30
(
||
בָּנֹות
v
2
5,
27
etc.),
12:28
.
c.
villages, not contrasted with cities (
cf.
Is 42:11
supr
.)
1 Ch 9:16
,
22
,
25
(all of Levites).
d.
ח׳
appar. incl. all settlements outside of Jerusalem
בִּשְׂדֹתָם הַח׳
Ne 11:2
5.—
ח׳
in
n.pr.loc. v. infr.
(and see
Bla
on
Jos 15:20–32
).
• חֲצַר־אַדָּר S 2692 GK 2960 n.pr.loc. place on southern border of Canaan (Judah) Nu 34:4 Ö ἔπαυλις Αραδ ; = חֶצְרֹון ( q.v. ) Jos 15:3 ( + אַדָּ˜רָה )
Ö
Σαραδα
,
A
Ö
L
Αδδαρα
.
• חֲצַר גַּדָּה S 2693 GK 2961 n.pr.loc. in souther Judah Jos 15:27 Ö Σερει , A
Ö L Ασεργαδδα .
Os E. Osiander. Levy Jacob Levy. CIS Corpus Inscript. Semiticarum. Lag P. de Lagarde.
Bla J. S. Black.
II.