1) palace, castle 2) temple Aramaic equivalent: bi.ra (בִּירְתָא "citadel" H1001)
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H1002 — בִּירָה
bi.rah · palace · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Chronicles 29:1 · הַבִּירָ֔הDavid the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.1 Chronicles 29:19 · הַבִּירָ֥הand give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.”Nehemiah 1:1 · הַבִּירָֽה׃The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,Nehemiah 2:8 · הַבִּירָ֤הand a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple, for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into.” The king granted my requests, because of the good hand of my God on me.Nehemiah 7:2 · הַבִּירָ֖הthat I put my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the governor of the castle, in charge of Jerusalem; for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.Esther 1:2 · הַבִּירָֽה׃that in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,Esther 1:5 · הַבִּירָ֜הWhen these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.Esther 2:3 · הַבִּירָה֙Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women’s house, to the custody of Hegai the king’s eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;Esther 2:5 · הַבִּירָ֑הThere was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,Esther 2:8 · הַבִּירָ֖הSo it happened, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to the citadel of Susa, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.Esther 3:15 · הַבִּירָ֑הThe couriers went forth in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.Esther 8:14 · הַבִּירָֽה׃ פSo the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.Esther 9:6 · הַבִּירָ֗הIn the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.Esther 9:11 · הַבִּירָ֖הOn that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.Esther 9:12 · הַבִּירָ֡הThe king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done.”Daniel 8:2 · הַבִּירָ֔הI saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.