STRONGS H2314:
Abbreviations
† [
חָדַר]
verb surround, enclose (Phoenician in derivatives; Arabic
II.
conceal,
curtain concealing a person,
chamber, house, or tent as concealing some one; Ethiopic
dwell; see also following)
**Phoenician is only
חדר,
חדרת (temple or sepulchral)
chamber (Lzb
271 Cooke
126);
Ezekiel 21:19 is best explained from Syriac
go about, surround, Syriac
around. It seems uncertain whether
חֶדֶר, Phoenician
חדר chamber, Arabic
curtain, chamber, tent, etc., are (ultimately) from this √ (as something
surrounding); or (Buhl) from II.
חדר =
II.
conceal behind curtain, conceal, confine, IV.
conceal oneself, also
abide, stay, remain behind (Land
707f.), Ethiopic
abide, dwell (Driver, privately, Nov. 1905). — only
Qal Participle feminine singular הַחֹדֶ֫רֶת לָהֶם Ezekiel 21:19 that which surroundeth them (of the sword), — so
Thes Sm Co Da VB.
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