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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.


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

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