Lexical Definition

‎טִירָה‎ ṭîyrâh (tee-raw') encampment ^H:N-F
feminine of (an equivalent to) ‎טוּר‎

(goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.

• a wall
• hence, a fortress or a hamlet

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

See Greek: ἔπαυλις · κώμη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎טִירָה‎] noun feminine encampment, battlement (from idea of surrounding, enclosure; Syriac sheepfold, ἔπαυλις) — construct ‎טִירַת‎ Song 8:9 ‎טִירָתָם‎ Ps 69:25* plural ‎טִירוֺת‎ Ezek 46:23 suffix ‎טִירֹתָם‎ Num 31:10; Gen 25:16 ‎טִירוֺתָם‎ 1Chr 6:39* ‎טִירוֺתֵיהֶם‎ Ezek 25:4 —

1. encampment, especially of circular encampment of nomad tribes, mentioned with ‎חצר‎ Gen 25:16 with ‎ערים‎ Num 31:10; Ezek 25:4 (|| ‎מִשׁכניהם‎); encampment (poetry) = habitation Ps 69:26* (|| ‎אהליהם‎); more generally, 1Chr 6:39* (|| ‎מושׁבות‎).

2. in metaphor ‎כָּ֑סֶף‎ ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Song 8:9 a battlement of silver.

3. row of stones, only plural ‎טִירוֺת‎ Ezek 46:23, virtually plural of ‎טוּר‎ 1, q. v.

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