טִירָהṭîyrâh
encampment, battlement, from idea of surrounding, enclosure
Pronunciation: tee-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2918
Meanings
1. encampment (Genesis 25:16; Numbers 31:10; Ezekiel 25:4)
2. a battlement of silver. (Song of Solomon 8:9)
3. row, of stones (Ezekiel 46:23)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 25:16 These twelve sons of Ishmael became the founders of twelve tribes named after them, listed according to the places they settled and camped.
- Numbers 31:10 They burned all the towns and villages where the Midianites had lived.
- 1 Chronicles 6:54 This is a record of the towns and territory assigned by means of sacred lots to the descendants of Aaron, who were from the clan of Kohath.
- Psalms 69:25 Let their homes become desolate and their tents be deserted.
- Song of Solomon 8:9 If she is a virgin, like a wall, we will protect her with a silver tower. But if she is promiscuous, like a swinging door, we will block her door with a cedar bar.
- Ezekiel 25:4 I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and drink the milk from your livestock.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).