The verbal root underlying H2315 (cheder, 'inner room'). As a verb, chadar means to enclose or surround โ to create a protective enclosure. As a proper noun, it appears as a name in Genesis and 1 Chronicles.
The theological richness of this root lies in its picture of divine protection. God is the one who surrounds His people โ He is their enclosure, their fortress, their shield. The concept of being 'surrounded by God' connects to Psalm 125 ('As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people') and to the New Testament truth that nothing can separate us from His love. The word also points to intimacy โ what is enclosed is protected and hidden, kept safe from outside threats.