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title: קִיר — Kir · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קִיר (7024), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Kir. BDB 1906: n.pr.terr. et gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קִיר

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«קִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kir** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7024 · **BDB:** קִיר³

### Glosses

Kir (2); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Kir [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7024/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.terr. et gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7024/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.terr. et gent. ק׳ orig. house of Aramaic Am 9:7; קִ֫ירָה as place of exile Am 1:5; 2 K 16:9 (𝔊 τὴν πόλιν); קִיר as people in Assyrian army Is 22:6 (v 5 vid. i. קִיר ad fin.).—Location dub., v. conspectus of older views Dr Am 1:5; plausible is some tribe in S. Babylonia, E. of Tigris WklAT Unters. 178, cf. HalRÉJ; xi. 60;—WMMHast. DB kir everywhere del., or em. קוֹעַ, but v. i. קִיר 3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7024/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 22:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.6/)

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וְעֵילָם֙ נָשָׂ֣א אַשְׁפָּ֔ה בְּרֶ֥כֶב אָדָ֖ם פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וְקִ֥יר עֵרָ֖ה מָגֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Elam it.took.up a.quiver with chariotry of.a.man horsemen and Kir it.laid.bare a.shield

*JPS 1917:* And Elam bore the quiver, with troops of men, even horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

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[2 Kings 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.16.9/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע אֵלָיו֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּעַל֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ אַשּׁ֤וּר אֶל־דַּמֶּ֙שֶׂק֙ וַֽיִּתְפְּשֶׂ֔הָ וַיַּגְלֶ֖הָ קִ֑ירָה וְאֶת־רְצִ֖ין הֵמִֽית׃

*Word for word:* and he.listened to him the.king of.Assyria and he.came.up the.king of.Assyria to Damascus and he seized.it and he took.it.into.exile to Kir and (et) Rezin he.put.to.death

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

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