H2701 H2701
and Hazar-susah (place name: 'horse enclosure' in Simeon)
This place name means 'enclosure of horses' or 'horse village,' appearing in Joshua 19:5 in Simeon's territory. The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 4:31 has the variant 'Hazar-susim' (horses, plural). The name suggests this was a settlement associated with horse-keeping or trading, though whether this was the original purpose or a later association is unclear. The site location is unknown, though it was somewhere in the Negeb region allotted to Simeon within Judah's larger territory.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Joshua 19:5 lists Hazar-susah among the towns allotted to Simeon. The multilingual glosses preserve the name: 'and-Hazar-Susah' (English), 'y-Hazar-susa' (Spanish), with parallel forms in French and German. The variant 'Hazar-susim' in 1 Chronicles 4:31 shows plural 'horses' instead of singular. Some scholars have proposed connection to 'Rossdorf' (horse-village) near Damascus, but this seems geographically implausible. The name likely reflects local economy or topography involving horses, though the exact site remains unidentified among Simeon's Negeb settlements. 1×
AR["وَ-حَصَرْ-سُوسَةُ"]·ben["এবং-হৎসর-সূষা"]·DE["und-Chatsar-Susah"]·EN["and-Chatsar-Susah"]·FR["et-Chatsar-Susah"]·heb["ו-חצר סוסה"]·HI["और-हसर-सूसा"]·ID["dan-Hazar-Susa"]·IT["e-Chatsar-Susah"]·jav["lan-Hazar-Susa"]·KO["그리고-하사르-수사"]·PT["e-Hatzar-Susá"]·RU["и-Хацар-Суса"]·ES["y-Hazar-susa"]·SW["na-Hasari-Susa"]·TR["ve-Hatsar-Susa"]·urd["اور-حصر-سوسہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֲצַר סוּסָה, ח׳, סוּסִים n.pr.loc. (cf. Kefr Susê, ‘Rossdorf,’ close to Damascus on the south, NöZMG, 1875, xxix. 476)—in Simeon ח׳ סוסה Jos 19:5 𝔊 Σαρσουσειμ, 𝔊L Ασαρσουσιν = ח׳ סוסים 1 Ch 4:31, 𝔊 Ἡμισυσεσοραμ, 𝔊L Ασερσουσι.