Lexical Definition

‎חַצְצוֹן תָּמָר‎ Chatsᵉtsôwn Tâmâr (khats-ets-one' taw-mawr') Hazazon-tamar ^N:N--L
or חַצֲצֹן תָּמָר Chatsătsôn Tâmâr (khats-ats-one' taw-mawr'); from ‎חָצַץ‎ and ‎תָּמָר‎; division (i.e. perhaps row) of (the) palm-tree

Hazezon-tamar.

• § Hazezon-tamar = "dividing the date-palm"
• Chatsetson-tamar, a place in Palestine

1) an Amorite city
2) a town situated in the desert Judah; probably Engedi
3) maybe the 'Tamar' of Solomon's day

Extended Information

name of: עֵין גֶּדִי

• Hazezon-tamar = "dividing the date-palm"
• a town situated in the desert Judah
• Another name of en ge.di (‎ע‎ֵ‎ין‎ ‎ג‎ֶּ֫‎ד‎ִ‎י‎ "Engedi" עֵין גֶּדִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַצֲצֹן תָּמָר‎ proper name, of a location (‎׳‎‎ח‎ of the palm); — abode of Amorites Gen 14:7, ᵐ5 Ασασαν Θαμαρ; ‎חַצֲצוֺן תָּמָר הִיא עֵין גֶּדִ֑י‎ 2Chr 20:2 base of operations for ‎אֲרַם‎ (read ‎אֱדוֺם‎) ag. Judah (see Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 9:1»ix, 1}. 2); it was on western side of Dead Sea (see ‎עֵין גֶּ֫דִי‎); see Rob^{BR i, 500-509} Bd^{Pal 143} GASm^{Geogr. 269 ff.}; Wady „uƒ¹ƒ¹ (= ‎חצצן‎ ?) lies northwest from Engedi GASm^l.c. compare Rob^{BR i, 506} Bd^{Pal 14} (map); GASm suggests also possibility of finding here ‎תָּמָר‎ 1Kgs 9:18 Kt (= ‎תַּדְמֹר‎ Qr and 2Chr 8:4), Ezek 47:19; Ezek 48:28 (see ‎תָּמָר‎ proper name, of a location)

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