H2704 H2704
Hazar-enan ('village of springs'), a place on the northeastern border of the promised land
A compound place name from hatsar ('enclosure, village') and enan/einon ('springs'), designating a settlement on the ideal northeastern boundary of Canaan. It appears in the Mosaic boundary description (Num 34:9-10) and in Ezekiel's visionary land allotment (Ezek 47:17; 48:1), both times marking where the northern border turns toward the east. The consistency across these widely separated texts underscores its role as a fixed geographic reference point in Israel's territorial imagination.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A border settlement marking the northeastern limit of the promised land. In Numbers 34:9-10, it defines the northern boundary ('this shall be your northern border'), while Ezekiel 47:17 and 48:1 place it on the boundary between Damascus and Hamath in the eschatological land division. The multilingual glosses reveal the compound nature: German 'Hof' (courtyard/enclosure) for hatsar, and the place-element 'Enan/Einon' preserved across languages. The Septuagint renders it variously as Arsenaeeim. 4×
AR["حَاصِرَ", "حَصَرَ-عَيْنَانَ", "عَيْنَانَ", "مِنْ-حَصَرَ-عَيْنَانَ"]·ben["ঐনান", "হাসর", "হাসর-ইনন-থেকে", "হাসর-ইননে"]·DE["Hazar-enan", "Hof", "[עינן]", "von-Hazar-enan"]·EN["Chatsar", "Enan", "Hazar-enan", "from-Hazar-enan"]·FR["Hatser", "Hazar-enan", "de-Hazar-enan", "parvis"]·heb["חצר", "חצרעינן", "מחצרעינן", "עינן"]·HI["एनान", "हसर-एनान", "हसर-एनान-से", "हाजेर"]·ID["Enan", "Hazar", "Hazar-Enan", "dari-Hazar-Enan"]·IT["Hazar-enan", "[עינן]", "cortile", "da-Hazar-enan"]·jav["Hatsar-Èinan", "Hazèr", "saking-Hatsar-Èinan", "Énan"]·KO["에노느", "하사르-에난", "하사르-에난-에서", "하제르"]·PT["Chatsar", "Chatsar-'Einan", "Enan", "de-Chatsar-'Einan"]·RU["Хацар-", "Хацар-Энан", "Энана", "от-Хацар-Энана"]·ES["Enan", "Jatsar", "a-Hatsar-Enán", "desde-Hatsar-Enán"]·SW["Enani", "Hasari", "Hasari-Enani", "kutoka-Hasari-Enani"]·TR["-dan-Hatsar-Enan'dan", "Eynan", "Hatsar", "Hatsar-Enan'a"]·urd["حصر", "حصر-عینان", "سے-حصر-عینان", "عینان"]
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
† חֲצַר עֵינוֹן, ח׳, עֵינָן n.pr.loc. on NE. border of Canaan Ez 47:17; חֲצַר עֵינָן 48:1 (Co in both חָצֵ֫רָה עֵינוֹן); ח׳ עֵינָן Nu 34:9, 10, where it is said (v 9) זֶה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם גְּבוּל צָפוֹן; 𝔊 Αρσεναιειμ, 𝔊L Ασερναιν;—v. also חָצֵר הַתִּיכוֹן infr.