Hebrew word · H2688

חַצֲצֹן תָּמָר

bechatzon

Hazazon-tamar

Appears 4 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

Hazezon-tamar = "dividing the date-palm"

a town situated in the desert Judah;

Another name of en ge.di (עֵין גֶּ֫דִי "Engedi" H5872)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 14:7 בְּחַֽצְצֹ֥ן תָּמָֽר׃ in Hazezon, Tamar

    Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

2 Chronicles · 2

  1. 2 Chronicles 20:2 בְּחַֽצְצ֣וֹן תָּמָ֔ר [are] in Hazezon, Tamar

    Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).

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