Lexical Definition

‎חָצֵר‎ châtsêr (khaw-tsare') court ^H:N
(masculine and feminine); from ‎חָצַר‎ in its original sense

court, tower, village.

• a yard (as inclosed by a fence)
• also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)

1) court, enclosure
1a) enclosures
1b) court
2) settled abode, settlement, village, town

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎חָצֵר‎₁₄₅ noun masculine^{Ezek 40:23} and (oftener) feminine^{1Kgs 6:36} enclosure, court — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Kgs 7:8 +, ‎חָצֵרָה‎ Jer 36:20 construct ‎חֲצַר‎ Exod 27:9 +; suffix ‎חֲצֵרוֺ‎ 2Sam 17:18 ‎חֲצֵרוֺת‎ Exod 8:9* + 4 t.; construct ‎חַצְרֵי‎ Neh 13:7, ‎הַצְרוֺת‎ 2Kgs 21:5 +10 t.; suffix ‎חֲצֵרָ֑י‎ Isa 1:12; Zech 3:7 ‎חֲצֵרֶיךָ‎ Ps 65:5*; Ps 84:11* ‎חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י‎ 1Chr 28:6 ‎חֲצֵרֹתָיו‎ Ps 100:4, ‎לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו‎ Ps 96:8, ‎וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם‎ Neh 8:16 —

1. enclosures (in Egypt),perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exod 8:9* (J).

2. court of private house 2Sam 17:18 (containing well), compare Neh 8:16 of a palace, ‎חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת‎ 1Kgs 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from ‎הַגְּדוֺלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎(הֶ)ח‎ v1Kgs 7:9 v1Kgs 7:12 the great court, including ‎׳‎‎הא‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ and ‎הַפְּנִימִית‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ of temple (see 3 b) in one great enclosure (see Sta^{Salomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.}); 2Kgs 20:4 (Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others ‎הָעִיר‎), Jer 36:20; Esth 1:5; Esth 2:11; Esth 4:11; Esth 5:1; Esth 5:2; Esth 6:4 (twice in verse); Esth 6:5 ‎מַטָּרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jer 32:2 (in king's house), vJer 32:8 vJer 32:12; Jer 33:1; Jer 37:21 (twice in verse); Jer 38:6; Jer 38:13; Jer 38:28; Jer 39:14; Jer 39:15. Especially

3. a. court of tabernacle ‎חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן‎ Exod 27:9, compare vExod 27:9 vExod 27:12 vExod 27:13 + 24 t. Exodus (all P; ‎׳‎‎שַׁעַר הֶח‎ gate of the court Exod 35:17; Exod 38:15; Exod 38:18; Exod 38:31; Exod 39:40; Exod 40:8; Exod 40:33); Lev 6:9*; Lev 6:19*; Num 3:26 (twice in verse) (‎פֶּתַח‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎), vNum 3:37; Num 4:26 (twice in verse) (‎׳‎‎פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶח‎), vNum 4:32 courts of house of ‎׳‎‎י‎ 1Chr 23:28.
b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with ‎הַפְּנִימִית‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ 1Kgs 6:36; 1Kgs 7:12 (but on text see Sta^{l. c}.) Ezek 8:16; Ezek 10:3 compare vEzek 10:4 = upper with ‎הָעֶלְיוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ Jer 36:10 (see Gf), and ‎הַכֹּהֲנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 2Chr 4:9 (where also ‎הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה‎, as often Ezek., also ‎דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה‎); outer court ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ ‎הַחִיצֹנָה‎ Ezek 10:5 = ‎הַחֲדָשָׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎הֶח‎ 2Chr 20:5 see further 1Kgs 8:64 = 2Chr 7:7; 2Chr 24:21; 2Chr 29:16; Jer 19:14; Jer 26:2; Ezek 8:7 two courts 2Kgs 21:5 = 2Chr 33:5; 2Kgs 23:12 courts Ezek 9:7; 1Chr 28:12; 2Chr 23:5; Neh 8:1; Neh 8:6; Neh 13:7 often in poetry, courts of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 1:12; Isa 62:9 (‎קדשׁי‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎), Zech 3:7; Ps 65:5*; Ps 84:3*; Ps 84:11*; Ps 96:8; Ps 100:4; Ps 116:19; Ps 135:2
c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezek 40:14 + 38 t. Ezek 40-46 (of these read ‎הַשַּׁעַר‎ for ‎החצר‎ Ezek 40:19; Ezek 40:32 with ᵐ5 Hi Co; and ‎החיצון‎ for ‎החצר‎ Ezek 41:15 with ᵐ5 Ew Co). **Ezek 42:6 ‎הַחִיצֹנוֺת‎ for ‎הַחֲצֵרוֺת‎.

II. [‎חָצֵר‎]₄₆ noun masculine^{Neh 11:25} settled abode, settlement, village (Lag^{l. c}.) — always plural, absolute ‎חֲצֵרִים‎ Josh 19:8 + 5 t.; construct ‎חַצְרֵי‎ 1Chr 9:16; Neh 12:28 suffix ‎חֲצֵרֶיהָ‎ Josh 21:12 + 4 t.; ‎חַצְרֵיהֶם‎ 1Chr 4:33 + 6 t.; ‎חַצְרֵיהֶן‎ Josh 13:23 + 24 t. Joshua; —
a. settlements of Ishmaelites Gen 25:16 (P; || ‎טִירוֺת‎ circles of tents); of ‎עַוִּים‎ Deut 2:23 of Kedar Isa 42:11 (|| ‎עָרִים‎); ‎בָּתֵּי‎ ‎הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב‎ Lev 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; ‎מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים‎ Ps 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 Josh 15:46, with ‎בְּנֹתֶיהָ‎ (see above ‎בַּת‎ 4 p. 123) Josh 15:45; Josh 15:47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); ‎אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎וְכָלהַֿח‎ Josh 19:8 (P), also Josh 21:12 (P), = 1Chr 6:41*; Neh 12:29 also Josh 13:23; Josh 13:28; Josh 15:32 + 23 t. Joshua (all P), Neh 11:25; Neh 11:30 (|| ‎בָּנוֺת‎ vNeh 11:25 vNeh 11:27 etc.), Neh 12:28.
c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isa 42:11 above) 1Chr 9:16; 1Chr 9:22; 1Chr 9:25 (all of Levites).
d. ‎׳‎‎ח‎ apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem ‎׳‎‎הַח‎ ‎בִּשְׂדֹתָם‎ Neh 11:25. — ‎׳‎‎ח‎ in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Josh 15:20-32).

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