shur denotes the city walls being built or brought to completion in Ezra’s report to the king.

The attested use denotes the walls of a city in the context of building and completing them: Ezra 4:12 reports their construction and finishing, while Ezra 4:13 and Ezra 4:16 make their completion part of the stated condition concerning the city.

1. City walls under construction or completion · dominant

   In Ezra 4:12, the masculine plural construct forms occur in the report that the city’s walls are being built and finished; the APB renders the clause “they are building the walls, finishing the walls.” In Ezra 4:13 and Ezra 4:16, the masculine plural determined form occurs in the condition that the city is built and its walls are finished; the APB renders “the walls are finished.”

   Ezra 4:12Ezra 4:13Ezra 4:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Ezra 4:12, Ezra 4:13, and Ezra 4:16, the APB presents the forms as “walls” in clauses about building and finishing them. This reflects the clause-level presentation rather than a separate rendering for each form.