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title: חָצִיר — settled abode · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָצִיר (2681), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: settled abode. BDB 1906: settled abode or haunt. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָצִיר

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«חָצִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **settled abode** — 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:** 2681 · **BDB:** חָצִיר

### Glosses

grass (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

settled abode [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2681/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

settled abode or haunt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2681/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] settled abode or haunt (‖ form of חָצֵר supr., or textual error for it);—נְוֵה תַנִּים חָצִיר לִבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה Is 34:13 a dwelling of jackals (and) a haunt for ostriches; also בִּנְוֵה תַנִּים רִבְצָהּ חָצִיר לְקָנֶה וָגֹ֑מֶא 35:7 an abode, home, of reeds and rushes (so Che Di Du al.; others put this under ii. חָצִיר); Che Du think the v. mutilated, and would emend this line according to 34:13.

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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 (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָצִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2681/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 34:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.13/)

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וְעָלְתָ֤ה אַרְמְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ סִירִ֔ים קִמּ֥וֹשׂ וָח֖וֹחַ בְּמִבְצָרֶ֑יהָ וְהָיְתָה֙ נְוֵ֣ה תַנִּ֔ים חָצִ֖יר לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.grow.up fortresses its thorns nettle\[s\] and thornbush\[es\] \[will be\] on.its.fortifications and it.will.be a.habitation of.jackals grass for daughters of.an.ostrich

*JPS 1917:* And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; and it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, an enclosure for ostriches.

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