to surround
cha.dar describes surrounding in the setting of a marked route for the Babylonian king’s sword.
The sole attested use places the feminine singular active participle within Ezekiel’s instruction concerning a route for the Babylonian king’s sword; its precise contribution is not isolated by the translation.
Senses in use
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Surrounding in a route-marking scene · dominant
In Ezekiel 21:19, חֹדֶרֶת is a Qal active participle, feminine singular absolute, in the instruction about marking out roads and a signpost for the sword of the king of Babylon. The APB renders the surrounding scene: “mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 21:19, the APB presents the broader route-marking instruction but does not clearly isolate this participle with a distinct English rendering.