חִיצוֹן

1. 2 Kong 16,18 מְבוֺא הִמֶלֶךְ הַחִיצוֺנָה the outer entry of the king (namely to the Temple), Ezk 44,1 the outer gate of the sanctuary, החצר החיצונךְ the outer court (of the Temple) Ezk 10,5; Ezk 40,17; Ezk 40,20; Ezk 40,31; Ezk 40,34; Ezk 40,37; Ezk 42,1; Ezk 42,3; Ezk 42,7; Ezk 42,8; Ezk 42,9; Ezk 42,14; Ezk 44,19; Ezk 44,1; Ezk 46,9; Ezk 46,20; Ezk 46,21, compare Est 6,4 (of Ahasuerus'palace), 2 Kron 33,14 ׳חוֺמָה ח an outer wall (built by Manasseh for the עִיר דָּוִיד); הַחִיצוֺן absolute, in לַחִיצוֺן 1 Kong 6,29; 1 Kong 6,30, בַּחִיצוֺן Ezk 41,17 (הַבַּיִת being understood) of the outer (part of the Temple), i.e. the Holy Place (compare פְּנִימִי, פְּנִימָה, of the Holy of holies).

2. figurative outward, external הַמְּלָאכָה הַחִיצוֺנָה Neh 11,16; 1 Kron 26,29, of business not distinctively sacred, in which Levites were engaged (compare The Late Hebrew use of ׳ח to denote extra-canonical, as Sanh. 1 Kron 10,1 [Jost, 1 Kron 11,1 Surenh.] ספרים החיצונים).