בַּחַן
bachan · H975 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Thing
- Watchtower, towerCity fortifications71 verses
Meanings
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Watch-tower
Exact meaning unsure, a construction from which a relatively large area can be overlooked, built to provide security and protection to the surrounding area
ExamplesIsaiah 32:14 For the palace has been neglected, the populated city abandoned. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks,
How it’s used In 1 role
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What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Fortifications001003002003
- The word denotes a watchtower, a defensive structure named alongside the neglected 'hill and watch-tower' of Isaiah 32:14, fitting this domain's category for defensive military structures.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H975. bachan בַּ֫חַן noun [masculine] watch-tower, Isa 32:14.
בַּ֫חַן noun [masculine] watch-tower, Isa 32:14.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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