Lexical Definition

‎חֶדֶר‎ cheder (kheh'-der) chamber ^H:N-M
from ‎חָדַר‎

((bed) inner) chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, [phrase] south, [idiom] within.

• an apartment (usually literal)

1) chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within

See Greek: ἀποθήκη · κοιτών · ταμεῖον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חֶ֫דֶר‎ noun masculine^{1Chr 28:11} chamber, room (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎חדר‎, ‎חדרת‎; Sabean ‎חֿדר‎ Mordt^{ZMG, 1876, 24}; Ethiopic ** is not 'chamber,' but (from √ dwell) dwelling-place, abode, tent.) — absolute ‎חֶדֶר‎ 2Sam 13:10 + 11 t.; ‎הַחַ֫דְרָה‎ Gen 43:20; 1Kgs 1:15 ‎הֶחָ֑דְרָה‎ Judg 15:1; 2Sam 13:10 construct ‎חֶ֫דֶר‎ Song 3:4 ‎חֲדֶר‎ Exod 7:28* + 5 t.; suffix ‎חֶדְרוֺ‎ Joel 2:16 plural ‎חֲדָרִים‎ Deut 32:25; Prov 24:4 construct ‎חַדְרֵי‎ Prov 7:27 + 8 t.; suffix ‎חֲדָרֶיךָ‎ Isa 26:20 ‎חֲדָרָיו‎ Song 1:4; 1Chr 28:11 — room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom Gen 43:30 (J), Judg 15:1; Judg 16:9; Judg 16:12; 2Sam 13:10 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 1:15; Song 1:4; Isa 26:20; Judg 14:18 read probably ‎הַחַדְרָה‎ bridal-chamber for ‎הַחַרְסָה‎ Sta^{ZAW 1884, 253}, compare Joel 2:16 (|| ‎חֻפָּתָהּ‎ of bride), ‎הוֺרָתִי‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Song 3:4 (|| ‎בֵּית אִמִּי‎); of kings (of Egypt) Ps 105:30 specifically: ‎מִשְׁכָּב‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ bed-chamber Exod 7:28* (J), 2Sam 4:7; 2Kgs 6:12; Eccl 10:20 other combinations: — ‎הַמְּקֵרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Judg 3:24 = cool chamber; ‎הַפְּנִימִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Chr 28:11 inner chamber; ‎חדרי מַשְׂכִּיתוֺ‎ Ezek 8:12 his chambers of imagery (strike out Hi Co Sgfrom); ‎׳‎‎בְּח‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1Kgs 20:30; 1Kgs 22:25 = 2Chr 18:24; 2Kgs 9:2 plural = store-rooms Prov 24:4 so ‎הַמִּטּוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Kgs 11:2 = 2Chr 22:11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaphor ‎׳‎‎ח‎ ‎מָ֑וֶת‎ Prov 7:27 (|| ‎דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֺל‎); ‎חדרי תֵּמָן‎ Job 9:9 chambers of south (where constellations are treasured up, see Di; Hoffm. thinks of proper name of star or constellation); compare Job 37:9 a chamber whence comes storm-wind (‎סוּפָה‎); ‎חַדְרֵי בֶטֶן‎ i.e. inner parts of body, only figurative Prov 18:8 = Prov 26:22; Prov 20:27; Prov 20:30 in Deut 32:25 ‎מֵחֲדָרִים‎ = within, poetic for ‎מִבַּיִת‎, || ‎מִחוּץ‎ without.

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