The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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בִּירָנָה‏ n.f. citadel

The late LJLA sg. form is a back-formation from the plural בִירָניָתָא‏, which is to be viewed as a literary plural form of byrh.

fortified residential/governmental compound of a tel, citadel JLAtg, LJLA. TgJ Is13:22 : וִינַצְפוּן חָתוֹלִין בְבִירָניָתְהוֹן וְיָרוּרִין בְבֵית מִשרֵי תַפנוּקֵיהוֹן‏ cats will shriek in their citadels and jackals in their luxurious residences. TgJ Amos1:10 : וַאֲשַלַח אִישָתָא בְשוּרֵי צוֹר וֻתשֵיצֵי בִירָניָתַהָא‏ I shall let fire loose against the walls of Tyre and it will destroy its residential compounds. PJ Lev25:29 : בית מותבא בבירנין דמפקן שור‏ a residence in citadels surrounded by a wall. TgEsth¹03:15 : בשושן בירנתא‏ [=MT בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה].

Page refs. in other dictionaries: Jastrow: 166; Levy Ch-W: 1:95;

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