Edar

Edar is the umbrella term for a tower mentioned twice in the UPDV. The first occurrence transliterates the name as Eder; the second translates the same Hebrew compound as "tower of the flock" within an oracle addressed to Zion.

The Tower of Eder

After the death of Rachel and the burial near Ephrath, the patriarchal itinerary moves on past a named landmark: "And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder" (Gen 35:21). The tower marks a point on the route that the narrator expects the reader to recognize, but no further description of the structure is given.

The Tower of the Flock in Micah

The same Hebrew place-name surfaces in Micah, this time translated rather than transliterated. The prophet addresses it directly as a hill associated with Zion: "And you, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, yes, the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem" (Mic 4:8). The tower is identified with the hill of the daughter of Zion and made the addressee of a promise — the former dominion, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem, comes back to it.