{
  "id": "dict_002396",
  "term": "Hazar-Enan",
  "slug": "hazar-enan",
  "letter": "H",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A biblical place name that appears as a boundary marker in descriptions of the land of Israel; its exact location is uncertain.",
  "simple_one_line": "A place name used as a boundary point in biblical land descriptions.",
  "tooltip_text": "An Old Testament location mentioned in land-boundary lists; the exact site is not known with certainty.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Numbers 34",
    "Ezekiel 47",
    "Ezekiel 48",
    "Land of Israel",
    "Borders of Israel"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Canaan",
    "Promised Land",
    "territorial boundaries",
    "biblical geography"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Hazar-Enan is an Old Testament place name used in boundary descriptions for the land of Israel. Scripture presents it as a geographic marker rather than as a theological concept, and its precise location is uncertain.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "A biblical boundary point named in land descriptions of Israel, with an uncertain modern identification.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "Used as a territorial marker in Scripture",
    "appears in land-boundary lists",
    "exact site is uncertain",
    "not a doctrinal term."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Hazar-Enan is an Old Testament location mentioned in boundary lists for the land, especially in descriptions connected with Israel’s borders. Its exact site is uncertain, and Scripture uses the name geographically rather than doctrinally.",
  "description_academic_full": "Hazar-Enan is a biblical place name rather than a theological concept. In the Old Testament it appears in territorial boundary descriptions, functioning as a marker in the outline of the land associated with Israel. Interpreters differ on its precise location, and the biblical text does not provide enough detail to settle the identification with certainty. A safe dictionary treatment describes it as a geographic boundary point named in Scripture while avoiding speculative claims about the site.",
  "background_biblical_context": "Hazar-Enan appears in boundary descriptions for the land, including the northern or northeastern borders in Numbers and Ezekiel. It serves as one of the points used to outline the extent of the promised territory.",
  "background_historical_context": "As with many ancient place names, the exact site of Hazar-Enan has not been securely identified. The name functions in Scripture as a geographic reference point, likely known to the original audience even though its modern location remains uncertain.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Ancient readers would have recognized Hazar-Enan as a place marker in inherited land-boundary tradition. The text uses it in a practical geographic sense, not as a symbolic or doctrinal label.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Numbers 34:9-10",
    "Ezekiel 47:17",
    "Ezekiel 48:1"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "None beyond the primary boundary texts are essential for a basic dictionary entry."
  ],
  "original_language_note": "Hebrew: חֲצַר עֵינָן (Ḥătsar ʿÊnan), commonly understood as a place-name connected with springs or a spring enclosure; the precise derivation is not certain.",
  "theological_significance": "Hazar-Enan has little direct theological content on its own, but it contributes to the biblical presentation of ordered land inheritance and clearly defined covenant boundaries.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "The entry matters because Scripture often grounds theological themes in concrete geography. Here the place name helps define real borders, showing that biblical revelation is tied to history and location, not abstraction alone.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "Do not overstate the exact location of Hazar-Enan. The Bible presents it as a boundary marker, not as a doctrinal concept, and modern identifications remain tentative.",
  "major_views_note": "Most interpreters agree that Hazar-Enan is a geographic place-name used in land lists, though proposals for its precise location vary.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "This entry should be treated as geography and biblical background, not as a theological doctrine or symbol requiring speculative interpretation.",
  "practical_significance": "Hazar-Enan reminds readers that biblical land promises and boundary descriptions are concrete and historically rooted, even when some locations cannot now be identified with certainty.",
  "meta_description": "Hazar-Enan is a biblical place name used as a boundary marker in Old Testament land descriptions; its exact location is uncertain.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/hazar-enan/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/hazar-enan.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}