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# חָצִיר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2681

**settled abode** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: grass (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2681.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2681/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).