The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

בִּירָה‏ n.f. fortress

fortress OfA^Eg-informal, OfA^Eg, OfA^Per, OfA^Sam, OfA^West, BA^Ezra, Syr. as a part of GN's Syr, JBA, LJLA.

palace precinct, citadel of a tel OfA^East, BA^Ezra, Nabatean, JLAtg, Gal, Syr, LJLA. luxurious dwelling, palace, residential compound(?) Syr, Qumran.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 102a; DJBA: 206a; Jastrow: 167; Levy Ch-W: 1:95; DNWSI: 155;

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Derivatives:

byrnh, byrntˀ n.f. citadel