2918. tirah
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tirah: encampment, battlement
Original Word: טִירַת
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: tirah
Phonetic Spelling: (tee-raw')
Short Definition: camps

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from the same as tur
Definition
encampment, battlement
NASB Translation
battlement (1), camp (1), camps (3), encampments (1), rows (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[טִירָה] noun feminine encampment, battlement (from idea of surrounding, enclosure; Syriac sheepfold, ἔπαυλις) — construct טִירַת Songs 8:9; טִירָתָם Psalm 69:25; plural טִירוֺת Ezekiel 46:23; suffix טִירֹתָם Numbers 31:10; Genesis 25:16; טִירוֺתָם 1 Chronicles 6:39; טִירוֺתֵיהֶם Ezekiel 25:4; —

1 encampment, especially of circular encampment of nomad tribes, mentioned with חצר Genesis 25:16; with ערים Numbers 31:10; Ezekiel 25:4 ("" מִשׁכניהם); encampment (poetry) = habitation Psalm 69:26 ("" אהליהם); more Generally, 1 Chronicles 6:39 ("" מושׁבות).

2 in metaphor כָּ֑סֶף ׳ט Songs 8:9 a battlement of silver.

3 row of stones, only plural טִירוֺת Ezekiel 46:23, virtually plural of טוּר 1, q. v.



Strong's
goodly castle, habitation, palace, row

Feminine of (an equivalent to) tuwr; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet -- (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.

see HEBREW tuwr

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