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Trumbull, Kadesh Barnea, p. 314 f. The main ground of identification is the similarity of the name, the roots (حضر = חצר) and the general signification of the words being the same. But names derived from this root and of similar form simply mean “an enclosure” (cp. Palmer, pp. 289, 321 f.), and are so frequent that mere similarity of name affords in this case a very insufficient reason for identity of place. In OT. there are several similar place-names of this class. See EBi. s.v. Place-names, §
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