חֶדֶר, preced. wds.) enclosure, chamber, secret compartment. B. Bath. IV, 1 הח׳ וכ׳ the special enclosure for storage inside of the building; a. fr.—Trnsf. the inner part of the female genitals, the upper end of the vagina or uterus. Nidd. II, 5. Ib. 17ᵇ; Y. ib. II, 50ᵃ top.—Pl. חֲדָרִים. בחַדְרֵי ח׳ in the remotest recesses, in strict secrecy. Bets. 9ᵃ, a. fr., v. מַרְאִית. Cant. R. to I, 4 (הביאני) ח׳ בהמות וכ׳ the mysteries of Behemoth &c.; ח׳ מרכבה, v. מֶרְכָּבָה; Yalk. Cant. 982.