Difference between revisions of "Hazer"

<p> Ha'zer. Topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name, it appears in the Authorized Version - </p> <p> 1. In the plural, [[Hazerim]] and Hazeboth, for which see definitions following. </p> <p> 2. In the slightly different form of Hazor. </p> <p> In composition with other words: </p> <p> 3. Hazar-Addar. (village of Addar). A place named as one of the landmarks on the southern boundary of the landm promised to Israel. Numbers 34:4. See [[Adar]] Joshua 15:3. </p> <p> 4. Hazar-Enan. (village of fountains). The place at which the northern boundary of the landm promised to the children of [[Israel]] was to terminate. Numbers 34:9-10. Compare Ezekiel 47:17; Ezekiel 48:1. </p> <p> 5. Hazab Gaddah. (village of fortune). One of the towns in the southern district of Judah, Joshua 15:27, named between [[Moladah]] and Heshmon. </p> <p> 6. Hazar-Shual. (village of jackals). A town in the southern district of Judah, lying between Hazar-gaddah and Beersheba. Joshua 15:28; Joshua 19:3; 1 Chronicles 4:28. </p> <p> 7. Hazar-Susah. (village of horses). One of the "cities" allotted to Simeonm in the extreme south of the territory of Judah. Joshua 19:5. </p>

<p> (חָצֵר, Chatser', from חָצִר, to surround or enclose), a word which is of not unfrequent occurrence in the [[Bible]] in the sense of a "court" or quadrangle to a palace or other building, but which topographically seems generally employed for the "villages" of people in a roving and unsettled life, the semi-permanent collections of dwellings described by travelers among the modern Arabs as consisting of rough stone walls covered with the tent-cloths, and thus holding a middle position between the tent of the wanderer-so transitory as to furnish an image of the sudden termination of life (Isaiah 38:12) — and the settled, permanent town. (See [[Topographical Terms]]). </p> <p> As a proper name it appears in the A.V. </p> <p> 1. In the plural, HAZERIT, and HAZEROTH, for which see below. </p> <p> 2. In the slightly different form of HAZOR. </p> <p> 3. In composition with other words, giving a special designation to the particular "village" intended. When thus in union with another word the name is HAZAR (See [[Hazar]]) (q.v.). It should not be overlooked that the places so named are all in the wilderness itself, or else quite on the confines of civilized country. </p>