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Strong's #2918 - טִירָה
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- encampment, battlement
- encampment, tent camp
- walled dwelling places, battlement (metaphorically)
- row (of stones)
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1204) ru (תהר ThR) AC: Contain CO: Wall AB: ?: The pictograph u is a picture of a basket or other container, the r is a picture of a man. Combined these mean "contain man". A wall that contains one for protection or as a jail.
A) ru (תהר ThR) AC: ? CO: Watch AB: ?
af1 ) erum (מתהרה MThRH) - I. Target:As aimed at. [df: arjm]II. Prison:A place watched and surrounded by walls. [df: arjm] KJV (16): mark, prison - Strongs: H4307 (מַטָּרָא)
fm ) iru (תהרי ThRY) - Fresh: Something that is moist. [Unknown connection to root] KJV (2): new, putrify - Strongs: H2961 (טָרִי)
C) rua (אתהר AThR) AC: Shut CO: ? AB: ?: The closing of the doors to the wall.
V) rua (אתהר AThR) - Shut: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) shut - Strongs: H332 (אָטַר)
Nm) rua (אתהר AThR) - Shut: Something that is not used such as the left hand. KJV (2): left - Strongs: H334 (אִטֵּר)
G) reu (תההר ThHR) AC: ? CO: Clean AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root]
V) reu (תההר ThHR) - Clean: KJV (94): (vf: Paal, Hitpael, Pual, Piel) clean, purify, purge, purifier - Strongs: H2891 (טָהֵר)
Nf1) ereu (תההרה ThHRH) - Cleansing: KJV (13): cleansing, purifying, purification, cleansed - Strongs: H2893 (טָהֳרָה)
cm) rfeu (תההור ThHWR) - Clean: KJV (96): clean, pure, fair - Strongs: H2889 (טָהֹר), H2890 (טְהוֹר)
gm) refu (תהוהר ThWHR) - Cleanness: KJV (4): purify, clearness, - Strongs: H2892 (טֹהַר)
J) rfu (תהור ThWR) AC: ? CO: Row AB: ?: As the wall as a row.
Nm) rfu (תהור ThWR) - I. Row: II. Range:A row of mountains. [Aramaic only] KJV (28): row, mountain - Strongs: H2905 (טוּר), H2906 (טוּר)
M) riu (תהיר ThYR) AC: ? CO: Village AB: ?: A place carefully watched over.
Nf1) eriu (תהירה ThYRH) - Village: KJV (7): castle, palace, row, habitation - Strongs: H2918 (טִירָה)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
sheepfold, ἔπαυλις) — construct טִירַת Song of Solomon 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 Song of Solomon 8:9 a battlement of silver.
3 row of stones, only plural טִירוֺת Ezekiel 46:23, virtually plural of טוּר 1, q. v.
טִירָה fem.
(1) a wall, a fence, round about, Ringmauer, i.q. טוּר No. 1, from the root טוּר to surround.
(2) a place fenced off by a wall or hedge; hence
(a) a fortress, Song of Solomon 8:9 an enclosure, a country village, an encampment of Nomadic tribes, Genesis 25:16; Numbers 31:10; 1 Chronicles 6:39; Psalms 69:26; Ezekiel 25:4.
