תָּאַר
ta.ar
“to border”
Definition
to delineate; reflex. to extend
a primitive root;
- (Qal) to be drawn, incline, delineate, extend 1a) meaning uncertain
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
תָּאַר appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The woodworker extends a measuring line;he marks it out with a stylus;he shapes it with chiselsand outlines it with a compass.He fashions it in the likeness of man,like man in all his glory,that it may dwell in a shrine.
From the hilltop the border curved to the spring of the Waters of Nephtoah, proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, and then bent around toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.
On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
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