בְּרִיחַ

n.m. bar (cf. Assyrian burûḫu, spear-shaft, spear, COTGloss)—בְּרִיחַ Dt 3:5 + 11 times (cstr. Am 1:5 etc.); בְּרִיחוֹ Ex 35:11; 39:33 Kt (Qr both ־חָיו needless); pl. בְּרִיחִם Ex 26:26 + 8 times, בְּרִיחִים 2 Ch 14:6, בְּרִיחֵי Ex 36:31 + 3 times, בְּרִיחָ֑יִךְ Na 3:13, בְּרִיחָיו Ex 40:18 + 7 times (+ Qr Ex 35:11; 39:33), בְּרִיחֶיהָ Je 51:30 La 2:9, בְּרִחֶיהָ Jon 2:7, בְּרִיחֶ֑הָ Is 15:5 but cf. infr.;— . bar, of wood, joining boards of tabern. Ex 26:26, 27(×2) 28, 29(×2) 35:11; 36:31, 32(×2), 33, 34(×2); 40:18 Nu 3:36; 4:31 (all P). bar(s) of city-gates Dt 3:5; Ju 16:3; 1 S 23:7; 2 Ch 8:5; 14:6; id. of gates of Jerusalem La 2:9; also (‖ מנעולים) Ne 3:3, 6, 13, 14, 15 cf. ψ 147:13; cf. Am 1:5 Na 3:13; Je 49:31; Ez 38:11 Je 51:30; bars of city-gates, ב׳ נחשׁת 1 K 4:13, ב׳ ברזל Is 45:2 (of Babylon, broken bef. Cyrus); בְּרִיחֶ֑הָ Is 15:5 read prob. c. 𝔗 Di al. בָּר׳ v. בָּרִיחַ; yet cf. Che’s crit. n. fig. ב׳ בַּרְזֶל of distress, etc. ψ 107:16; of fortress, ב׳ אַרְמוֹן in simile Pr 18:19; fig. ב׳ of earth (pictured as house out of which Jonah is shut) Jon 2:7. (Older usage sg. of bar of door or gate, i.e. the great bar across the gate; so Dt 3:5; Ju 16:3; Am 1:5; 1 S 23:7; 1 K 4:13; Je 49:31; Pr 18:19; Jb 38:10; 2 Ch 8:5; Ez 38:11 Later pl. Is 45:2 La 2:9 2 Ch 14:6; Ne 3:3, 6, 13, 14, 15; ψ 147:13, but also Na 3:13.)