Hazer
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Ha'zer. Topographically, seems generally employed for the villages of people. As a proper name, it appears in the Authorized Version -
1. In the plural, Hazerim and Hazeboth , for which see definitions following.
2. In the slightly different form of Hazor .
In composition with other words:
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.
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.
5. Hazab Gaddah. (Village Of Fortune). One of the towns in the southern district of Judah, Joshua 15:27, named between Moladah and Heshmon.
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.
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.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( 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).
As a proper name it appears in the A.V.
1. In the plural, HAZERIT, and Hazeroth for which see below.
2. In the slightly different form of HAZOR.
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.
