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title: עֲזָרָה — enclosure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲזָרָה (5835), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: enclosure. BDB 1906: n.f. enclosure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲזָרָה

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«עֲזָרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **enclosure** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 5835 · **BDB:** עֲזָרָה

### Glosses

ledge (4); precinct (2); the.ledge (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

enclosure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5835/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. enclosure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5835/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. appar. enclosure;—abs. ע׳: ledge surrounding Ezekiel’s altar; הָע׳ הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה = הָע׳ הַקְּטַנָּה Ez 43:14, below הָע׳ הַגְּדוֹלָה v 14; הָע׳ alone v 17, 20; 45:19 (v. Comm.). outer court of temple, הָע׳ הַגְּדֹלָה 2 Ch 4:9; with doors v 9; 6:13 (v. i. חָצֵר 3 b, and on ע׳ in Herod’s temple NowArch. ii. 78 ff.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲזָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5835/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.4.9/)

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וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ חֲצַ֣ר הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים וְהָעֲזָרָ֖ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה וּדְלָת֧וֹת לָעֲזָרָ֛ה וְדַלְתוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם צִפָּ֥ה נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* and he.made the.court of the.priests and the precinct (the) great and doors for the precinct and doors their he.overlaid bronze

*JPS 1917:* Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

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[Ezekiel 43:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.43.20/)

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וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ מִדָּמ֗וֹ וְנָ֨תַתָּ֜ה עַל־אַרְבַּ֤ע קַרְנֹתָיו֙ וְאֶל־אַרְבַּע֙ פִּנּ֣וֹת הָעֲזָרָ֔ה וְאֶֽל־הַגְּב֖וּל סָבִ֑יב וְחִטֵּאתָ֥ אוֹת֖וֹ וְכִפַּרְתָּֽהוּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.take some of its.blood and you.will.put.\[it\] on the.four horns its and to the.four the.corners of the.ledge and to the border all.around and you.will.cleanse.from.sin it and you will.make.atonement.for.it

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about; thus shalt thou purify it and make atonement for it.

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