II. [חָצֵר]46 noun masculine[Neh 11:25] settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl. 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 v[Neh 11:25] v[Neh 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]).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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