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title: חָדַר — surround · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָדַר (2314), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: surround. BDB 1906: vb. surround, enclose concealing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָדַר

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«חָדַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **surround** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2314 · **BDB:** חָדַר

### Glosses

surrounds (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

surround [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2314/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. surround, enclose concealing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2314/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. surround, enclose (Ph. in deriv.; Arabic خَدَرَ / خَدِرَ ii. conceal, خِدْرٌ curtain concealing a person, chamber, house, or tent as concealing some one; Ethiopic ኀደረ dwell; Ph. is only חדר, חדרת (temple- or sepulchral) chamber (Lzb 271 Cooke 126); Ez 21:19 is best explained from Syriac ܚܕܰܪ go about, surround, ܚܕܳܪ around. It seems uncertain whether חֶדֶר, Ph. חדר chamber, Arabic خِدْرٌ curtain, chamber, tent, etc., are (ultimately) from this √ (as something surrounding); or (Buhl) from II. חדר = خَدِرَ ii. conceal behind curtain, conceal, confine, iv. conceal oneself, also abide, stay, remain behind (Lane 707 f.), Ethiopic ኀደረ abide, dwell (Dr, privately, Nov. 1905). v. also foll.)—only Pt. fs. הַחֹדֶ֫רֶת לָהֶם Ez 21:19 that which surroundeth them (of the sword),—so 𝔖 Thes Sm Co Da VB.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2314/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.19/)

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וְאַתָּ֣ה בֶן־אָדָ֔ם הִנָּבֵ֕א וְהַ֖ךְ כַּ֣ף אֶל־כָּ֑ף וְתִכָּפֵ֞ל חֶ֤רֶב שְׁלִישִׁ֙תָה֙ חֶ֣רֶב חֲלָלִ֔ים הִ֗יא חֶ֚רֶב חָלָ֣ל הַגָּד֔וֹל הַחֹדֶ֖רֶת לָהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you O.son of.humankind prophesy and strike palm to palm and let.it.be.doubled a.sword a third a.sword of.\[those\].slain it \[is\].a.sword of.\[the\].slain (the) great \[which\] surrounds (to) them

*JPS 1917:* Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thy hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of those to be slain; it is the sword of the great one that is to be slain, which compasseth them about.

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