בִּירָה
Used: 16 times · Key: 1002 · BDB: בִּירָה
Glosses
citadel (12); temple (2); the.citadel (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
castle tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. castle, palace tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. castle, palace (late & prob. loan-word; cf. Assyrian bîrtu, fortress DlHA 22; Pers. bâru = Skr. bura, bari, v. Ry Ne 2:8)— of temple at Jerusalem 1 Ch 29:1, 19 הַבִּירָה; of fortress near temple Ne 2:8; 7:2 (cf. βᾶρις 𝔊L Ne 1:1; 2:8; 7:2—B ἁβιρά, βειρά—and later βᾶρις JosAnt. xv, 11, 4). בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה Ne 1:1 Est 1:2, 5; 2:3, 5, 8; 3:15; 8:14; 9:6, 11, 12 Dn 8:2; in these passages it appar. means a fortress in the city bearing the same name (cf. especially Est 3:15; 8:14, 15; 9:6, 12, 15, 18).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 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 (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «בִּירָה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וּבְשׁוּשַׁ֣ן הַבִּירָ֗ה הָרְג֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ וְאַבֵּ֔ד חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִֽישׁ׃
Word for word: and in Susa the citadel they.killed the Jews and they.destroyed five hundred(s) man
JPS 1917: And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא בָּ֣א מִסְפַּ֧ר הַֽהֲרוּגִ֛ים בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן הַבִּירָ֖ה לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס
Word for word: on the day (the) that it.came the.number of.[those] killed in Susa the citadel before the king
JPS 1917: On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the castle was brought before the king.
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