BDB3047
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
1Kgs 7:9
1Kgs 7:12
the great court, including ׳
הא
׳
ח and הַפְּנִימִית
׳
הֶח of temple (see 3.b.) in one great enclosure
(see
StaSalomos 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), v
Jer 32:8
Jer 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 Exod 27:9
Exod
27:12
Exod 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), Num 3:37; Num 4:26 (twice in verse) (׳
פֶּתַח שַׁעַר הֶח), Num 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 Stal. c.) Ezek 8:16; Ezek 10:3
compare Ezek
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.