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title: חָצוֹר — Hazor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָצוֹר (2674), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Hazor. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָצוֹר

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«חָצוֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hazor** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 2674 · **BDB:** חָצוֹר

### Glosses

Hazor (11); of.Hazor (6); \[is\].Hazor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hazor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2674/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2674/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (LagBN 47 f.)—𝔊 Ασωρ, etc.; a royal city of northern Canaan Jos 11:1 יָבִין מֶלֶךְ־ח׳, cf. 12:19, and Ju 4:2, 17; 1 S 12:9; Jos 11:10(×2), 11, 13; 19:36; 2 K 15:29; חָצֹר 1 K 9:15. places in the Negeb: Jos 15:23. Jos 15:25 וחָצוֹר חֲדַתָּה וּקְרִיּוֹת חֶצְרוֹן הִיא חָצוֹר. חָצוֹר Ne 11:33 a Benjamite town, prob. = בַּעַל חָצוֹר q.v. מַמְלְכוֹת חָצוֹר אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּו֯ר Je 49:28, cf. v 30, 33, an Arabian locality, v. WinerRW Hazor Gf Gie.—עֵין ח׳ Jos 19:37, v. sub עַיִן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָצוֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2674/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 11:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.11.33/)

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חָצ֥וֹר ׀ רָמָ֖ה גִּתָּֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* Hazor Ramah Gittaim

*JPS 1917:* Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim;

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[Joshua 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.19/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ מָדוֹן֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ חָצ֖וֹר אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Madon one the.king of.Hazor one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

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