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title: טִירָה — encampment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טִירָה (2918), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: encampment. BDB 1906: n.f. encampment, battlement. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טִירָה

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«טִירָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **encampment** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 2918 · **BDB:** טִירָה

### Glosses

encampments (4); a.battlement (1); encampment (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

encampment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2918/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. encampment, battlement [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2918/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. encampment, battlement (from idea of surrounding, enclosure; Syriac ܛܝܳܪܳܐ sheepfold, ἔπαυλις)—cstr. טִירַת Ct 8:9; טִירָתָם ψ 69:26; pl. טִירוֹת Ez 46:23; sf. טִירֹתָם Nu 31:10 Gn 25:16; טִירוֹתָם 1 Ch 6:39; טִירוֹתֵיהֶם Ez 25:4;— encampment, especially of circular encampment of nomad tribes, mentioned with חצר Gn 25:16; with ערים Nu 31:10, Ez 25:4 (‖ מִשׁכניהם); encampment (poet.) = habitation ψ 69:26 (‖ אהליהם); more gen., 1 Ch 6:39 (‖ מושׁבות). in metaph. ט׳ כָּ֑סֶף Ct 8:9 a battlement of silver. row of stones, only pl. טִירוֹת Ez 46:23, virtually pl. of טוּר 1, q.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טִירָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2918/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.26/)

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תְּהִי־טִֽירָתָ֥ם נְשַׁמָּ֑ה בְּ֝אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם אַל־יְהִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* may.it.be encampment their made.desolate in tents their not may.anyone.be dwelling

*JPS 1917:* Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.

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[Numbers 31:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.31.10/)

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וְאֵ֤ת כָּל־עָרֵיהֶם֙ בְּמ֣וֹשְׁבֹתָ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־טִֽירֹתָ֑ם שָׂרְפ֖וּ בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all cities their in their.dwelling places and (et) all encampments their they.burned with (the) fire

*JPS 1917:* And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.

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