(Heb. chatser ), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most commonly to the enclosures of the tabernacle and the temple. ( Exodus 27:9 ; 40:33 ; Leviticus 6:16 ; 1 Kings 6:36 ; 7:8 ; 2 Kings 23:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:5 ) etc.