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. &nbsp;Numbers 34:4. See [[Adar]] &nbsp;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. &nbsp;Numbers 34:9-10. Compare &nbsp;Ezekiel 47:17; &nbsp;Ezekiel 48:1. </p> <p> 5. '''Hazab Gaddah.''' ''(Village Of Fortune).'' One of the towns in the southern district of Judah, &nbsp;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. &nbsp;Joshua 15:28; &nbsp;Joshua 19:3; &nbsp;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. &nbsp;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 (&nbsp;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>