Lexicon
בַחוּן
ba.chin
H0971
H:N-M Hebrew

tower

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Hebrew
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ba.chin denotes towers raised in the setting of a city's devastation in Isaiah 23:13.

The attested use places the noun among structures raised before a city is stripped and made a ruin.

Senses in use

  1. Towers as raised structures · dominant

    In Isaiah 23:13, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the clause about structures being raised; the APB renders the surrounding clause, “they raised her towers, stripped her citadels, and made her a ruin.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 23:13, the APB presents the surrounding clause with “they raised her towers.” This wording confirms the verse’s setting without isolating every contribution of the Hebrew form.

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