Lexical Summary cheder: a chamber, room Original Word: חֶדֶרTransliteration: cheder Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-der) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a chamber, room Meaning: a chamber, room Strong's Concordance inner chamber, innermost part, parlor, south, within From chadar; an apartment (usually literal) -- ((bed) inner)chamber, innermost(-ward) part, parlour, + south, X within. see HEBREW chadar Brown-Driver-Briggs H2315. cheder חֶ֫דֶר noun masculine1 Chronicles 28:11 chamber, room (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician חדרת חדר,; Sabean חֿדר MordtZMG, 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 Song of Solomon 3:4; חֲדֶר Exodus 7:28 5t.; suffix חֶדְרוֺ Joel 2:16; plural חֲדָרִים Deuteronomy 32:25; Proverbs 24:4; construct חַדְרֵי 7:27 8t.; suffix חֲדָרֶיךָ Isaiah 26:20; חֲדָרָיו Song of Solomon 1:4; 1 Chronicles 28:11; — room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom Genesis 43:30 (J), Judges 15:1; 16:9, 12; 2 Samuel 13:10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:15; Song of Solomon 1:4; Isaiah 26:20; Judges 14:18 read probably הַחַדְרָה bridal-chamber for הַחַרְסָה StaZAW 1884, 253, compare Joel 2:16 ("" חֻמָּתָהּ of bride), ׳ח הוֺרָתִי Song of Solomon 3:4 ("" אִמִּי בֵּית); of kings (of Egypt) Psalm 105:30; specifically: ׳ח מִשְׁכָּב bed-chamber Exodus 7:28 (J), 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 6:12; Ecclesiastes 10:20; other combinations: — ׳ח הַמְּקֵרָה Judges 3:24 = cool chamber; ׳ח הַמְּנִימִים 1 Chronicles 28:11 inner chamber; מַשְׂכִּיתוֺ חדרי Ezekiel 8:12 his chambers of imagery (strike out Hi Co Sgfrom); ׳ח ׳בְּח a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1 Kings 20:30; 22:25 2 Chronicles 18:24; 2 Kings 9:2; plural = store-rooms Proverbs 24:4; so ׳ח הַמִּטּוֺת 2 Kings 11:2 2 Chronicles 22:11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaphor מָ֑וֶת ׳ח Proverbs 7:27 ("" שְׁאוֺל דַּרְכֵי); תֵּמָן חדרי Job 9:9 chambers of south (where constellations are treasured up, see Di; Hoffm. thinks of proper name of star or constellation); compare 37:9 a chamber whence comes storm-wind (סוּפָה); בֶטֶן חַדְרֵי i.e. inner parts of body, only figurative Proverbs 18:8 = 26:22; 20:27, 30; in Deuteronomy 32:25 מֵחֲדָרִים = within, poetic for מִבַּיִת, "" מִחוּץ without. |
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