cutting/separation
giz.rah denotes a separated architectural area in building descriptions, with one poetic use in a comparison about Nazirites.
The dominant usage identifies a distinct area faced by buildings or chambers and included in measured dimensions. A single construct-form occurrence appears instead in Lamentations 4:7 within a poetic comparison describing the Nazirites.
Senses in use
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A distinct area in building measurements · dominant
The absolute noun marks an area in relation to buildings, walls, chambers, and measured dimensions. In Ezekiel 41:12 the APB renders a building as facing “the separation,” while Ezekiel 41:13, Ezekiel 41:14, and Ezekiel 41:15 include that area in successive measurements; Ezekiel 42:1 and Ezekiel 42:13 similarly describe chambers that face it.
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A poetic descriptive comparison · rare
In Lamentations 4:7 the construct form occurs in the clause comparing the Nazirites with snow, milk, jewels, and sapphire. The APB renders the final comparison, “their cutting was sapphire,” but the translation does not make the term's precise contribution fully clear.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the architectural passages, the APB usually presents the term as “the separation” or “the cutting”; in Ezekiel 42:10 it renders the relevant area as “the open area.” In Lamentations 4:7 it uses “their cutting,” but these are verse-level renderings rather than aligned lexical equivalents.