Lexical Definition

‎תְּרַע‎ tᵉraʻ (ter-ah') door ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎שַׁעַר‎

gate mouth.

• a door
• by implication, a palace

1) gate, door
1a) door
1b) gate
1c) court

See Greek: αὐλή · θύρα

Extended Information

Aramaic of: שַׁעַר

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תְּרַע‎ noun [masculine] gate, door (ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew ‎שַׁ֫עַר‎, √I. ‎שׁער‎); — construct ‎׳‎‎ת‎:

1. door of furnace Dan 3:26.

2. gate of king, i.e. palace, court, Dan 2:29 (compare Esth 2:19, see ‎שַׁ֫עַר‎ 3 a; also Arabic gate, then the court of a sovereign; plural Sublime Porte, of Turkish court, see especially Dozy^{i. 124}).

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