Lexical Definition

‎אֻשַּׁרְנָא‎ ʼushsharnâʼ (oosh-ar-naw') wall ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to ‎אָשַׁר‎

wall.

• a wall (from its uprightness)

1) wall, panelling, beams, structure (precise meaning and derivation uncertain)

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שׁוּר

• Aramaic of shur (‎ש‎ׁ‎ו‎ּ‎ר‎ "wall" שׁוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֻשַּׁרְנָא‎ noun masculine meaning and √ dubious (K^{§ 62} Buhl¹⁴); — || ‎בַּיְתָא‎ Ezra 5:3; Ezra 5:8 most wall (ᵑ6 ᵑ9 walls); M^55* compare Assyrian ašurrû, wall, but?; Hpt in Gu^{Ezr:pp. 34. 63} thinks = [aširânâ] from Assyrian ašru, sanctuary; pointed by Masoretes as if = ‎אֻשַּׁיָא‎ (Ezra 4:12; Ezra 5:16); other conjectures Marquart⁴⁴ Scheft^{79 f}. ‎אֶשְׁתַּדּוּר‎ see ‎שׁדר‎. ‎אִשְׁתִּיו‎ see [‎שְׁתָה‎].

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