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בִּירָנִיָּה

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

Used: 2 times · Key: 1003 · BDB: בִּירָה

Glosses

fortresses (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «בִּירָנִיָּה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

2 Chronicles 27:4

וְעָרִ֥ים בָּנָ֖ה בְּהַר־יְהוּדָ֑ה וּבֶחֳרָשִׁ֣ים בָּנָ֔ה בִּֽירָנִיּ֖וֹת וּמִגְדָּלִֽים׃

Word for word: and cities he.built in the.hill.country of.Judah and in the.wooded heights he.built fortresses and towers

JPS 1917: Moreover he built cities in the hill-country of Judah, and in the forest he built castles and towers.

2 Chronicles 17:12

וַיְהִ֧י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט הֹלֵ֥ךְ וְגָדֵ֖ל עַד־לְמָ֑עְלָה וַיִּ֧בֶן בִּֽיהוּדָ֛ה בִּירָנִיּ֖וֹת וְעָרֵ֥י מִסְכְּנֽוֹת׃

Word for word: and he.was Jehoshaphat going and becoming.great to (to) upwards and he.built in Judah fortresses and cities of.stores

JPS 1917: And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles and cities of store.

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