H1178 H1178
Baal-Hazor (place name: 'possessor of a court/village,' site where Absalom killed Amnon)
This compound geographical name meaning 'Baal of the court' or 'possessor of an enclosure' identifies the location where Absalom held the sheep-shearing feast that became the occasion for murdering his brother Amnon (2 Samuel 13:23). It was situated on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin. Possible identification with Tell Asur, though not certain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Names the site of Absalom's revenge in 2 Samuel 13:23. The prepositional phrase 'in Baal-Hazor' locates the sheep-shearing feast where Absalom orchestrated Amnon's assassination two years after the rape of Tamar. The place name marks this location as the setting for a pivotal moment in David's family tragedy. 1×
AR["في بَعل حاصورَ"]·ben["-বাল-হাৎসোরে"]·DE["in-Baal-Hazor"]·EN["in-Baal-Hazor"]·FR["dans-Baal-Hazor"]·heb["ב-בעל חצור"]·HI["बाल-हासोर-में"]·ID["di-Baal-Hazor"]·IT["in-Baal-Hazor"]·jav["ing-Baal-Hazor"]·KO["에-바알-하소르"]·PT["em-Ba'al-Chatzor"]·RU["в-Баал-Хацоре"]·ES["en-Baal-Jatsor"]·SW["Baal-Hazori"]·TR["Baal-Hatsor'da"]·urd["بعل-حصور-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בַּ֫עַל תָצוֹר n.pr.loc. (possessor of a court; or ב׳ n.pr. divin.?) city on the border of Ephraim and Benjamin 2 S 13:23, prob. = חצור Ne 11:33;? mod. Tell ʿAsûr (with ע RobBRii. 264 doubtfully; cf. Surveyii. 298 (after de Saulcy).