--- title: חֶדֶר — chamber · The Tanakh dictionary description: חֶדֶר (2315), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: chamber. BDB 1906: n.m. chamber, room. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2315.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)‎ / חֶדֶר‎ # חֶדֶר «חֶדֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **chamber** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 38 times · **Key:** 2315 · **BDB:** חֶ֫דֶר ### Glosses a.room (8); the.chamber (6); \[the\].chambers (5) ### Meaning (OSHB) chamber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2315/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. chamber, room [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2315/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 1 Ch 28:11 chamber, room (NH id.; Ph. חדר, חדרת; Sab. חֿדר MordtZMG, 1876, 24; Ethiopic ማኅደር ማኅደር is not ‘chamber’, but (from √ ኀደረ dwell) dwelling-place, abode, tent.) abs. חֶדֶר 2 S 13:10 + 11 times; הַחַ֫דְרָה Gn 43:30 1 K 1:15; הֶחָ֑דְרָה Ju 15:1 2 S 13:10; cstr. חֶ֫דֶר Ct 3:4; חֲדַר Ex 7:28 + 5 times; sf. חֶדְרוֹ Jo 2:16; pl. חֲדָרִים Dt 32:25 Pr 24:4; Pr 24:4; cstr. חַדְרֵי Pr 7:27 + 8 times; sf. חֲדָרֶיךָ Is 26:20; חֲדָרָיו Ct 1:4 1 Ch 28:11;—room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom Gn 43:30 (J), Ju 15:1; 16:9, 12 2 S 13:10(×2) 1 K 1:15 Ct 1:4 Is 26:20; Ju 14:18 read prob. הַחַדְרָה bridal-chamber for הַחַרְסָה StaZAW 1884, 253, cf. Jo 2:16 (‖ חֻפָּתָהּ of bride), ח׳ הוֹרָתִי Ct 3:4 (‖ בֵּית אִמִּי); of kings (of Egypt) ψ 105:30; specif.: ח׳ מִשְׁכָּב bed-chamber Ex 7:28 (J), 2 S 4:7 2 K 6:12 Ec 10:20; other combinations:—ח׳ הַמְּקֵרָה Ju 3:24 = cool chamber; ח׳ הַפְּנִימִים 1 Ch 28:11 inner chamber; חדרי מַשְׂבִּיתוֹ Ez 8:12 his chambers of imagery (del. Hi Co Sgfr.); ח׳ בְּח׳ a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1 K 20:30; 22:25 = 2 Ch 18:24, 2 K 9:2; pl. = store-rooms Pr 24:4; so ח׳ הַמִּטּוֹת 2 K 11:2 = 2 Ch 22:11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaph. ח׳ מָ֑וֶת Pr 7:27 (‖ דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֹל); חדרי תֵּמָן Jb 9:9 chambers of south (where constellations are treasured up, v. Di; Hoffm. thinks of n.pr. of star or constell.); cf. Jb 37:9 a chamber whence comes storm-wind (סוּפָה); חַדְרֵי בֶטֶן i.e. inner parts of body, only fig. Pr 18:8 = 26:22, 20:27, 30; in Dt 32:25 מֵחֲדָרִים = within, poet. for מִבַּיִת, ‖ מִחוּץ without. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חֶדֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2315/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Job 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.9/) עֹֽשֶׂה־עָ֭שׁ כְּסִ֥יל וְכִימָ֗ה וְחַדְרֵ֥י תֵמָֽן׃ *Word for word:* \[one.who\].makes \[the\].Bear Orion and Pleiades and.\[the\] chambers of.\[the\].south *JPS 1917:* Who maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. [Psalms 105:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.105.30/) שָׁרַ֣ץ אַרְצָ֣ם צְפַרְדְּעִ֑ים בְּ֝חַדְרֵ֗י מַלְכֵיהֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* it.swarmed land their frogs in the.rooms their.kings their *JPS 1917:* Their land swarmed with frogs, in the chambers of their kings. - ← previous: [חָדַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2314.md) - next →: [חַדְרָךְ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2317.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495.md)