H8372 תָּא (tâʼ) taw

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

chamber

Strong's Definition

a room (as circumscribed)

Derivation: and (feminine) תָּאָה; (Ezekiel 40:12), from (the base of) H8376 (תָּאָה);

KJV Usage: (little) chamber.

TWOT Reference: 2484

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) chamber, guardroom

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תָּא (ta) — chamber. chamber, guardroom

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תָּא (H8372)

noun m

Buildings

room, recess, alcove = a part of a building enclosed by three walls only

1KI 14:28 · 2CH 12:11 · EZK 40:7 · EZK 40:7 · EZK 40:10 · EZK 40:12 · EZK 40:12 · EZK 40:13 · EZK 40:16 · EZK 40:21 · EZK 40:29 · EZK 40:33 · EZK 40:36

¹ EZK 40:21 · EZK 40:29 · EZK 40:33 · EZK 40:36 MT-K תאו | MT-Q תָאָיו

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תָּא n.m. chamber base

Bible Occurrences (11)

14:28

12:11

40:7 40:10 40:12 40:13 40:16 40:21 40:29 40:33 40:36

1 Kings 14:28

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would bear the shields, and [later] they would return them to the guardroom....

2 Chronicles 12:11

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go [with him], bearing [the shields], and [later] they would return them to the guardroom....

Ezekiel 40:7

Each gate chamber [was] one rod long and one [rod]... wide, and [there were] five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico... facing inward [was] one rod [deep].

Ezekiel 40:10

There were three gate chambers on each side...... of the east gate,... each with the same... measurements, and the gateposts on either side... also had the same measurements.

Ezekiel 40:12

In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit [high], and the gate chambers [were] six cubits...... square.

Ezekiel 40:13

Then he measured the gateway from the roof of [one] gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; [the distance was] twenty-five... cubits from doorway to doorway.

Ezekiel 40:16

The gate chambers... and their side pillars had beveled windows all around...... the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around... on the inside.... Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

Ezekiel 40:21

Its three gate chambers on each side,...... its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.