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H2918 טִירָה (ṭîyrâh) tee-raw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

feminine of (an equivalent to) 2905; a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet

KJV Usage: (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טִירָה (ti.rah) — encampment. 1) encampment, battlement 1a) encampment, tent camp 1b) walled dwelling places, battlement (metaph.) 1c) row (of stones)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · טוּר

Towns | ≈ אֹהֶל · חָצֵר · מִשְׁכָּן · עִיר

camp, encampment, village = community area of tents or other shelters, sometimes encircled by a barrier such as a stone wall, ► where a pastoral or nomadic people live; ≈ a more temporary and less populated settlement than a town

GEN 25:16 · NUM 31:10 · 1CH 6:39 · PSA 69:26 · EZK 25:4

Fortifications

battlement, tower = protective wall or tower on a wall surrounding a community area ► as part of a fortification; ≈ associated with security and protection

SNG 8:9

Arrange

course = a horizontal layer of stones or wooden beams

EZK 46:23

Timothy L. Wilt

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[טִירָה] n.f. encampment, battlement base

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