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baʿal ḥāṣōr בַּ֫עַל חָצוֹר ‘Baal-hazor’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from baʿal בַּעַל ‘master’ and a modification of ḥāṣēr חָצֵר ‘court / village’
Roots: בעל חצר

baʿal ḥāṣōr pr n loc
Baal-hazor = "lord of the village"
1) a town on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin, apparent location of a sheep farm of Absalom and location of Amnon's murder

Mentioned in 2 Samuel 13:23

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