Original Word: חָדַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chadar
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-dar')
Short Definition: surrounds [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 (Lzb²⁷¹ Cooke¹²⁶); 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 ᵑ6 Thes Sm Co Da VB.

enter a privy chamber

A primitive root; properly, to inclose (as a room), i.e. (by analogy,) to beset (as in a siege) -- enter a privy chamber.

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