HAZAZON-TAMAR (? ‘pruning of the palm,’ Genesis 14:7 ). It is identified with En-gedi ( 2 Chronicles 20:2 ). The name is preserved in Wâdy Hasaseh , N. of ’Ain Jidy . Genesis 14:7 , however, seems to place it to the S. W. of the Dead Sea.

W. Ewing.