חֶ֫דֶר noun masculine^{1Chronicles 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 2 Samuel 13:10 11t.; הַחַ֫דְרָה Genesis 43:20; 1 Kings 1:15; הֶחָ֑דְרָה Judges 15:1; 2 Samuel 13:10; construct חֶ֫דֶר Songs 3:4; חֲדֶר Exodus 7:28 5t.; suffix חֶדְרוֺ Joel 2:16; plural חֲדָרִים Deuteronomy 32:25; Proverbs 24:4; construct חַדְרֵי Proverbs 7:27 8t.; suffix חֲדָרֶיךָ Isaiah 26:20; חֲדָרָיו Songs 1:4; 1 Chronicles 28:11; — room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom Genesis 43:30 (J), Judges 15:1; Judges 16:9,12; 2 Samuel 13:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:15; Songs 1:4; Isaiah 26:20; Judges 14:18 read probably הַחַדְרָה bridal-chamber for הַחַרְסָה Sta^{ZAW 1884, 253}, compare Joel 2:16 ("" חֻמָּתָהּ of bride), הוֺרָתִי ׳ח Songs 3:4 ("" בֵּית אִמִּי); of kings (of Egypt) Psalm 105:30; specifically: מִשְׁכָּב ׳ח bed-chamber Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 6:12; Ecclesiastes 10:20; other combinations: — הַמְּקֵרָה ׳ח Judges 3:24 = cool chamber; הַמְּנִימִים ׳ח 1 Chronicles 28:11 inner chamber; חדרי מַשְׂכִּיתוֺ Ezekiel 8:12 his chambers of imagery (strike out Hi Co Sgfrom); ׳בְּח ׳ח a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1 Kings 20:30; 1 Kings 22:25 2Chronicles 18:24; 2 Kings 9:2; plural = store-rooms Proverbs 24:4; so הַמִּטּוֺת ׳ח 2 Kings 11:2 2Chronicles 22:11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaphor ׳ח מָ֑וֶת Proverbs 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 Proverbs 18:8 = Proverbs 26:22; Proverbs 20:27,30; in Deuteronomy 32:25 מֵחֲדָרִים = within, poetic for מִבַּיִת, "" מִחוּץ without.