ba.chan denotes a watchtower in Isaiah’s picture of abandoned city defenses.

The attested use names a watchtower among city structures that have become deserted and cave-like in Isaiah 32:14.

1. Watchtower in an abandoned city scene · dominant

   In Isaiah 32:14, the masculine singular absolute noun stands with “the hill” in a clause describing structures that “have become caves forever.” The APB renders the clause “the hill and the watchtower have become caves forever,” confirming a watchtower within the pictured abandoned city landscape.

   Isaiah 32:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 32:14, the APB presents the term as “the watchtower” beside “the hill”; This rendering is confirmed by the clause rather than treated as a precise lexical equivalent.