Lexical Definition

‎בְּרִיחַ‎ bᵉrîyach (ber-ee'-akh) bar ^H:N-M
from ‎בָּרַח‎

bar, fugitive.

• a bolt

1) bar
1a) of wood
1b) of city gates
2) of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)

See Greek: θεμελιόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎בְּרִיחַ‎ noun masculine bar (compare Assyrian burû—u, spearshaft, spear, COT^Gloss) — ‎בְּרִיחַ‎ Deut 3:5 = 11 t. (construct Amos 1:5 etc.); ‎בְּרִיחוֺ‎ Exod 35:11; Exod 39:38 Kt (Qr both ‎חַֿיו‎ needless); plural ‎בְּרִיחִם‎ Exod 26:26 + 8 t., ‎בְּרִיחִים‎ 2Chr 14:6*, ‎בְּרִיחֵי‎ Exod 36:31 + 3 t., ‎בְּרִיחָ֑יִךְ‎ Nah 3:13, ‎בְּרִיחָיו‎ Exod 40:18 + 7 t. (+ Qr Exod 35:11; Exod 39:33), ‎בְּרִיחֶיהָ‎ Jer 51:30; Lam 2:9, ‎בְּרִחֶיהָ‎ Jonah 2:7*, ‎בְּרִיחֶ֑הָ‎ Isa 15:5 but compare below; —

1. a. bar, of wood, joining boards of tabernacle Exod 26:26; Exod 26:27 (twice in verse); Exod 26:28; Exod 26:29 (twice in verse); Exod 35:11; Exod 36:31; Exod 36:32 (twice in verse); Exod 36:33; Exod 36:34 (twice in verse); Exod 40:18; Num 3:36; Num 4:31 (all P).
b. bar
(s) of city-gates Deut 3:5; Judg 16:8; 1Sam 23:7; 2Chr 8:5; 2Chr 14:6* id. of gates of Jerusalem Lam 2:9 also (|| ‎מנעולים‎) Neh 3:3; Neh 3:6; Neh 3:18; Neh 3:14; Neh 3:15 compare Ps 147:13 compare Amos 1:5; Nah 3:13; Jer 49:31; Ezek 38:11; Jer 51:30 bars of city-gates, ‎נחשׁת‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ 1Kgs 4:13, ‎ברזל‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ Isa 45:2 (of Babylon, broken before Cyrus); ‎בְּרִיחֶ֑הָ‎ Isa 15:5 read probably with ᵑ7 Di and others ‎׳‎‎בָּר‎ see ‎בָּרִיחַ‎; yet compare Che's critical note

2. figurative ‎בַּרְזָל‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ of distress, etc. Ps 107:16 of fortress, ‎אַרְמוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎ב‎ in simile Prov 18:19 figurative ‎׳‎‎ב‎ of earth (pictured as house out of which Jonah is shut) Jonah 2:7*. (Older usage singular of bar of door or gate, i.e. the great bar across the gate; so Deut 3:5; Judg 16:3; Amos 1:5; 1Sam 23:7; 1Kgs 4:13; Jer 49:31; Prov 18:9; Job 38:10; 2Chr 8:5; Ezek 38:11 Later plural Isa 45:2; Lam 2:9; 2Chr 14:6*; Neh 3:3; Neh 3:6; Neh 3:13; Neh 3:14; Neh 3:15; Ps 147:13, but also Nah 3:13.)

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