קִיר

n.m.ψ 62:4 wall (√ unknown);—abs. ק׳ Nu 22:25; +, קִר Is 22:5; cstr. קִיר 1 K 6:5 +; pl. קִירוֹת 1 K 6:16 +, cstr. id., v 5 +; sf. קִירֹתָיו Ex 30:3 +, etc.;—wall, especially as flat surface: usually of house or chamber: inner surface, Am 5:19; 1 S 18:11 + 9 times, + (of temple) 1 K 6:15a + v 15b (but read קוֹרוֹת beams, with 𝔊 The Kit Benz), v 16, 27(×2) + 6 times outer surface, 2 K 9:33; Ez 33:30; Is 59:10 (in sim.); so זֶרֶם קִיר Is 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du CheHpt. al. read קֹר; JP PetersJBL xi (1892), 46 proposes בָּרָד [as 28:2]); of temple 1 K 6:5(×2), 6, cf. Ez 41:6(×2). both inner and outer v 17, 20, 25. indeterminate, 12:5, 7, 12; 23:14. thickness specified, Ez 41:5, 9, 12, 13 (of Ezekiel’s temple). as enclosing, 2 K 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה, q.v.); as separating Ez 43:8. wall of (temple-)court Ez 8:7, 8(×2) (in vision); of vineyard Nu 22:25(×2) (J), of city 35:4 (P), cf. ק׳ חַחוֹמָה Jos 2:15 (JE) the (upper) surface of the wall. more gen., 1 K 5:13, and (in phr. מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר) 1 S 25:22, 34; 1 K 14:10; 16:11; 21:21; 2 K 9:8; in fig. Ez 13:12, 14 (appar. fem., but city Jerus. prob. in mind, cf. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 85 Köii. 2, 175), v 15(×2) (‖ חַיִץ v 10), ק׳ נָטוּי ψ 62:4; אֶבֶן ק׳ 2 S 5:11 = ק׳ 1 Ch 14:1, cf. Hb 2:11 (fig.); קִיר בַּרְזֶל Ez 4:3 (symbol.).—Is 22:5 is dub.: usually wall (so even Du CheHpt Marti), but ref. not clear; Ew CheComm. iii. קִיר; Klo Brd WklAlttest. Unters. 177 קוֹעַ, so WMMHast DB kir, but v. Drlb. koa. of flat side of altar Ez 41:22; Ex 30:3; 37:26; Lv 1:15; 5:9 (all P). קִירוֹת לִבִּי Je 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).