H2918

טִירָה

ti.rahH:N-F

encampment

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[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.

5 occurrences

Genesis (1), Numbers (1), Song of Solomon (1), Ezekiel (2)