Lexical Definition

‎קִיר‎ qîyr (keer) wall ^H:N-M
or קִר qir (keer); (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קִירָה qîyrâh (kee-raw'); from ‎קוּר‎

[phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

• a wall (as built in a trench)

1) wall, side
1a) wall (of house or chamber)
1b) the sides (of the altar)

See Greek: αἰσθητήριον · βάσις · δοκός · τεῖχος · τοῖχος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: קִיר

I. ‎קִיר‎ noun masculine^{Ps 62:4*} wall (√ unknown); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Num 22:25 +, ‎קִר‎ Isa 22:5 construct ‎קִיר‎ 1Kgs 6:5 +; plural ‎קִירוֺת‎ 1Kgs 6:16 +, construct id., v1Kgs 6:5 +; suffix ‎קִירֹתָיו‎ Exod 30:3 +, etc.; — wall, especially as flat surface:

1. usually of house or chamber:
a. inner surface, Amos 5:19; 1Sam 18:11 + 9 t., + (of temple) 1Kgs 6:15 a + v1Kgs 6:15 b (but read ‎קוֺרוֺת‎ beams, with ᵐ5 The Kit Benz), v1Kgs 6:16 v1Kgs 6:27 v1Kgs 6:27 + 6 t.
b. outer surface, 2Kgs 9:33; Ezek 33:30; Isa 59:10 (in simile); so ‎זֶרֶם קִיר‎ Isa 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du Che^Hpt and others read ‎קֹר‎; JP Peters^{JBL xi (1892), 46} proposes ‎בָּדָד‎ [as Isa 28:2]); of temple 1Kgs 6:5 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:6, compare Ezek 41:6 (twice in verse).
c. both inner and outer vEzek 41:17 vEzek 41:20 vEzek 41:25.
d. indeterminate, Ezek 12:5; Ezek 12:7; Ezek 12:12; Ezek 23:14.
e. thickness specified, Ezek 41:5; Ezek 41:9; Ezek 41:12; Ezek 41:13 (of Ezekiel's temple). feminine as enclosing, 2Kgs 4:10 (of ‎עֲלִיָּה‎, q. v.); as separating Ezek 43:8.

2. wall of (temple-)court Ezek 8:7; Ezek 8:8 (twice in verse) (in vision); of vineyard Num 22:25 (twice in verse) (J), of city Num 35:4 (P), compare ‎חַחוֺמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Josh 2:15 (JE) the (inner) surface of the wall.

3. more generally, 1Kgs 5:13*, and (in phrase ‎מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר‎) 1Sam 25:22; 1Sam 25:34; 1Kgs 14:10; 1Kgs 16:11; 1Kgs 21:21; 2Kgs 9:8 in figure Ezek 13:12; Ezek 13:14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 85} Kö^ff. 2, 175), vEzek 13:15 vEzek 13:15 (|| ‎חַיִץ‎ vEzek 13:10, ‎נָטוּי‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Ps 62:4* ‎אֶבֶן‎ 2Sam 5:11 = ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Chr 14:1, compare Hab 2:11 (figurative); ‎קִיר בַּדְוֶל‎ Ezek 4:3 (symbolic). — Isa 22:5 is dubious: usually wall (so even Du Che^Hpt Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Che^{comm.. III.} ‎קִיר‎ Klo Brd Wkl^{Alttest. Unters. 177} ‎קוֺע‎, so WMM^{Hast. DB KIR}, but see Dr^ib.KOA.

4. of flat side of altar Ezek 41:22; Exod 30:3; Exod 37:26; Lev 1:15; Lev 5:9 (all P).

5. ‎קִירוֺת‎ ‎לִכִּי‎ Jer 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).

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