חֲצֵרוֹת
Chătsêrôwth · khats-ay-roth'
Chatseroth, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine plural of H2691 (חָצֵר); yards;
Chatseroth, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hazeroth.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to pursue the straight path › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To separate and protect that works to pursue the straight path of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲצֵרוֹת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from hazeroth2 · 33%
- unto hazeroth1 · 17%
- and abode at hazeroth1 · 17%
- at hazeroth1 · 17%
- and hazeroth1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.