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I. חָצֵר‎₁₄₅ noun masculine^{Ezekiel 40:23} and (oftener) feminine^{1 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 Sta^{Salomos 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 Sta^{l. 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 Lag^{BN 47 f.}; Sabean חצֿר‎ fixed abode Os (Levy)^{ZMG 1865, 185} CIS^{iv, 1. 2, No. 79. 82}).

II. [חָצֵר‎]₄₆ noun masculine^{Nehemiah 11:25} settled abode, settlement, village (Lag^{l. 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).