Court חָצֵר

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Feb 24, 2026 · 4m

We are in chapter twenty-seven of Exodus with our word for today. חָצֵר enclosure, court, settlement, yard without walls, courtyard. It is used 192 times in the Old Testament, 8 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of a courtyard of people’s houses. Exodus 8:13 And the Lord did according to the word of Moses. The frogs died out in the houses, הַחֲצֵרֹ֖ת the courtyards, and the fields. 2 Samuel 17:18 But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So both of them went away quickly and came to the house of a man ... who had a well בַּחֲצֵר֖וֹ in his courtyard. And they went down into…