טִירָה
ṭîyrâh · tee-raw'
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of (an equivalent to) H2905 (טוּר);
a wall; hence, a fortress or a hamlet
- a wall
- hence, a fortress or a hamlet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (goodly) castle, habitation, palace, row.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › the hand that works › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To surround and contain of the hand that works of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טִירָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and by their castles1 · 14%
- and all their goodly castles1 · 14%
- throughout their castles1 · 14%
- let their habitation1 · 14%
- upon her a palace1 · 14%
- their palaces1 · 14%
- under the rows1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.