Wall
אֻשַּׁרְנָאStrong’s H7791ushsharna (ush-shar-na)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ushsharna is the Hebrew word usually translated “wall” and “rows their”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:”
Meaning
- Wall, panelling, beams, structure (precise meaning and derivation uncertain)
How it's translated
- a wall 3
- rows their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 2 Samuel 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
אֻשַּׁרְנָא ushsharna · wall
wall, panelling, beams, structure (precise meaning and derivation uncertain) Aramaic of shur (שׁוּר "wall" H7791A)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wall” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WALL, noun
[Latin, stake, post, probably originally a fence of stakes, a palisade or stockade; the first rude fortification of uncivilized men.]
- A work or structure of stone, brick or other materials, raised to some highth, and intended for a defense or security.
- Walls, in the plural, is used for fortifications in general; works for defense.
- A defense; means of security or protection. 1 Samuel 25:16
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.