Aramaic word · H1001

בִּירְתָא

bevireta'

citadel

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

castle, citadel, palace

Aramaic of bi.rah (בִּירָה "palace" H1002)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 6:2 בְּבִֽירְתָ֛א in citadel the

    And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

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