- HAZAR-HATTICON village of the midway, a place near Hamath in the
confines of Hauran (Ezekiel 47:16), probably on the north brow of
Hermon. - HAZAR-MAVETH court of death, the third son of Joktan, and a region in
Arabia-Felix settled by him (Genesis 10:26; 1 Chronicles 1:20). It is
probably the modern province of Hadramaut, situated on the Indian Ocean
east of the modern Yemen. - HAZAR-SHUAL village or enclosure of the jackal, a city on the south
border of Judah (Joshua 15:28; Nehemiah 11:27). It has been identified
with the ruins of Saweh, half-way between Beersheba and Moladah. - HAZAR-SUSAH village of the horse, the same as Sansannah, one of
Solomon’s “chariot cities” (Joshua 15:31; 2 Chronicles 1:14), a depot in
the south border of Judah. - HAZEL Hebrews luz, (Genesis 30:37), a nutbearing tree. The Hebrew
word is rendered in the Vulgate by amygdalinus, “the almond-tree,” which
is probably correct. That tree flourishes in Syria. - HAZERIM villages, probably the name of the temporary villages in which
the nomad Avites resided (Deuteronomy 2:23). - HAZEROTH fenced enclosures consisting of “a low wall of stones in
which thick bundles of thorny acacia are inserted, the tangled branches and
long needle-like spikes forming a perfectly impenetrable hedge around the
encampment” of tents and cattle which they sheltered. Such like enclosures
abound in the wilderness of Paran, which the Israelites entered after leaving
Sinai (Numbers 11:35; 12:16; 33:17, 18). This third encampment of the
Israelites has been identified with the modern ‘Ain el-Hudhera, some 40
miles north-east of Sinai. Here Miriam (q.v.), being displeased that Moses
had married a Cushite wife (Numbers 12:1), induced Aaron to join with her
in rebelling against Moses. God vindicated the authority of his “servant
Moses,” and Miriam was smitten with leprosy. Moses interceded for her,
and she was healed (Numbers 12:4-16). From this encampment the
Israelites marched northward across the plateau of et-Tih, and at length
reached KADESH. - HAZEZON-TAMAR pruning of the palm, the original name of the place
afterwards called ENGEDI (q.v.), Genesis 14:7; called also
HAZAZON-TAMAR (2 Chronicles 20:2).
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