Hazar-addar

Hazar-addar was a town on the southern border of Canaan, mentioned in the description of the land's boundaries.

The name Hazar-addar means “an imprisoned generation”

PlaceOld Testament1 book1 verse

Summary

A location near Addar only mentioned at Numbers 34:4; only referred to as Hazar-addar (חֲצַר־אַדָּר).

Location

Identified as
Ein Qedeis
Certainty
Possible (45% of scholarship) · 4 other possible locations
Coordinates
30.583° N, 34.484° E
Hazar-addar
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Glossary entries

Hazar-Addar

Alternative names

Mentions

  1. …cross south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and go south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it will go on to Hazar-addar and proceed to Azmon,