I. חָצֵר₁₄₅ noun masculine^{Ezekiel 40:23} and (oftener) feminine^{1Kings 6:36} enclosure, court — absolute ׳ח 1 Kings 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; Psalm 84:11; חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1 Chronicles 28:6; חֲצֵרֹתָיו Psalm 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו Psalm 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, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from הַגְּדוֺלָה ׳(הֶ)ח 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:12 the great court, including ׳הא ׳ח and הַמְּנִימִית ׳הֶח 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; Esther 2:11; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1,2; Esther 6:4 (twice in verse); Esther 6:5; מַטָּרָה ׳ח court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jeremiah 32:2 (in king's house), Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6,13,28; Jeremiah 39:14,15. Especially

3. a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:9, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 27:12; Exodus 27:13 24t. Exodus (all P; ׳שַׁעַר הֶח gate of the court Exodus 35:17; Exodus 38:15,18,31; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 40:8,33); Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Numbers 3:26 (twice in verse) (מֶּתַח ׳הֶח), Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:26 (twice in verse) (׳מֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶח), Numbers 4:32; courts of house of ׳י 1 Chronicles 23:28.

b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with הַמְּנִימִית ׳הֶח 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:12 (but on text see Sta^{l. c}.) Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:3 compare Ezekiel 10:4; = upper with הָעֶלְיוֺן ׳הֶח Jeremiah 36:10 (see Gf), and הַכֹּהֲנִים ׳ח2Chronicles 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה, as often Ezek., also דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה); outer court ׳הֶח הַחִיצֹנָה Ezekiel 10:5 = הַחֲדָשָׁה ׳הֶח2Chronicles 20:5; see further 1 Kings 8:64 2Chronicles 7:7; 24:21; 29:16; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 8:7; two courts 2 Kings 21:5 2Chronicles 33:5; 2 Kings 23:12; courts Ezekiel 9:7; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2Chronicles 23:5; Nehemiah 8:1,6; Nehemiah 13:7; often in poetry, courts of ׳י Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 62:9 (קדשׁי ׳ח), Zechariah 3:7; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:3; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 96:8; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:2

c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:14 38t. Ezekiel 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר Ezekiel 40:19,32 with ᵐ5 Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר Ezekiel 41:15 with ᵐ5 Ew Co). **Ezekiel 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); בָּתֵּי הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב Leviticus 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים 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 ?); אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים ׳וְכָלהַֿח Joshua 19:8 (P), also Joshua 21:12 (P), = 1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 12:29; also Joshua 13:23,28; Joshua 15:32 23t. Joshua (all P), Nehemiah 11:25,30 ("" בָּנוֺת Nehemiah 11:25; Nehemiah 11:27 etc.), Nehemiah 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 ׳הַח בִּשְׂדֹתָם Nehemiah 11:25. — ׳ח in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Joshua 15:20-32).