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title: חִיצוֹן — outer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִיצוֹן (2435), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: outer. BDB 1906: adj. outer, external. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִיצוֹן

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«חִיצוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **outer** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 2435 · **BDB:** חִיצוֹן

### Glosses

outer (22); \[part\] (1); external (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

outer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2435/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. outer, external [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2435/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. outer, external (opp. פְּנִימִי) f. חִיצוֹנָה (for חוֹצוֹן, by dissim., BaNB xxix PhilBAS ii. 2. 362 Ges§ 27. 3 R 6)— 2 K 16:18 מְבוֹא הַמֶּלֶךְ הַחִיצוֹנָה the outer entry of the king (viz. to the Temple), Ez 44:1 the outer gate of the sanctuary, החצר החיצונה the outer court (of the Temple) Ez 10:5 40:17, 20, 31, 34, 37; 42:1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14; 44:19, 1; 46:9, 20, 21, cf. Est 6:4 (of Ahasuerus’ palace), 2 Ch 33:14 חוֹמָה ח׳ an outer wall (built by Manasseh for the עִיר דָּוִיד); הַחִיצוֹן absol., in לַחִיצוֹן 1 K 6:29, 30, בַּחִיצוֹן Ez 41:17 (הַבַּיִת being understood) of the outer (part of the Temple), i.e. the Holy Place (cf. פְּנִימִי, פְּנִימָה, of the Holy of holies). fig. outward, external הַמְּלָאבָה הַחִיצוֹנָה Ne 11:16 1 Ch 26:29, of business not distinctively sacred, in which Levites were engaged (cf. the NH use of ח׳ to denote extra-canonical, as Sanh. 10:1 \[Jost, 11:1 Surenh.\] ספרים החיצונים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 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 «חִיצוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2435/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.30/)

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וְאֶת־קַרְקַ֥ע הַבַּ֖יִת צִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֑ב לִפְנִ֖ימָה וְלַחִיצֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.floor of the.house he.overlaid gold to within and to the outer

*JPS 1917:* And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.

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[Ezekiel 44:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.44.1/)

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וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֹתִ֗י דֶּ֣רֶךְ שַׁ֤עַר הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ הַֽחִיצ֔וֹן הַפֹּנֶ֖ה קָדִ֑ים וְה֖וּא סָגֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.back me the.way of.the.gate of the.sanctuary (the) outer \[which\] faces east and it \[was\].shut

*JPS 1917:* Then he brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.

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