חֶדֶר

** is not 'chamber,' but (from √ dwell) dwelling-place, abode, tent.) — absolute חֶדֶר 2 Sam 13,10 + 11 t.; הַחַ֫דְרָה 1 Mos 43,20; 1 Kong 1,15 הֶחָ֑דְרָה Dom 15,1; 2 Sam 13,10 construct חֶ֫דֶר Hoj 3,4 חֲדֶר 2 Mos 7,28 + 5 t.; suffix חֶדְרוֺ Joel 2,16 plural חֲדָרִים 5 Mos 32,25; Ord 24,4 construct חַדְרֵי Ord 7,27 + 8 t.; suffix חֲדָרֶיךָ Es 26,20 חֲדָרָיו Hoj 1,4; 1 Kron 28,11 — room, chamber, usually private, as bedroom 1 Mos 43,30 (J), Dom 15,1; Dom 16,9; Dom 16,12; 2 Sam 13,10 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 1,15; Hoj 1,4; Es 26,20; Dom 14,18 read probably הַחַדְרָה bridal-chamber for הַחַרְסָה Sta^{ZAW 1884, 253}, compare Joel 2,16 (|| חֻפָּתָהּ of bride), הוֺרָתִי ׳ח Hoj 3,4 (|| בֵּית אִמִּי); of kings (of Egypt) Sl 105,30 specifically: מִשְׁכָּב ׳ח bed-chamber 2 Mos 7,28 (J), 2 Sam 4,7; 2 Kong 6,12; Praed 10,20 other combinations: — הַמְּקֵרָה ׳ח Dom 3,24 = cool chamber; הַפְּנִימִים ׳ח 1 Kron 28,11 inner chamber; חדרי מַשְׂכִּיתוֺ Ezk 8,12 his chambers of imagery (strike out Hi Co Sgfrom); ׳בְּח ׳ח a chamber within a chamber, i.e. an innermost chamber 1 Kong 20,30; 1 Kong 22,25 = 2 Kron 18,24; 2 Kong 9,2 plural = store-rooms Ord 24,4 so הַמִּטּוֺת ׳ח 2 Kong 11,2 = 2 Kron 22,11, i.e. room where beds were stored (Ke Th); metaphor ׳ח מָ֑וֶת Ord 7,27 (|| דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֺל); חדרי תֵּמָן Job 9,9 chambers of south (where constellations are treasured up, see Di; Hoffm. thinks of proper name of star or constellation); compare Job 37,9 a chamber whence comes storm-wind (סוּפָה); חַדְרֵי בֶטֶן i.e. inner parts of body, only figurative Ord 18,8 = Ord 26,22; Ord 20,27; Ord 20,30 in 5 Mos 32,25 מֵחֲדָרִים = within, poetic for מִבַּיִת, || מִחוּץ without.