azara · court, ledge

What it means

azara (עֲזָרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “court, ledge”.

Enclosure: an enclosed space, a court. In Chronicles, the great court of the temple; in Ezekiel, the ledge of the altar.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The stepped rim around the altar, in Ezekiel.
2. The great walled court of the temple.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• ledge ×6
• enclosure ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Chronicles×3
• Ezekiel×6

• 2 Chronicles 4:9

  He made the court of the priests and the great enclosure, and doors for the enclosure, and their doors he overlaid with bronze.

• 2 Chronicles 6:13

  For Solomon had made a platform of bronze and set it in the middle of the enclosure, five cubits its length, five cubits its width, and three cubits its height; he stood on it, knelt on his knees in front of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward the heavens,

• Ezekiel 43:14

  And from the base on the earth to the lower ledge, two cubits, and the width, one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge, four cubits, and the width, a cubit.

• Ezekiel 43:17

  And the ledge, fourteen long by fourteen wide, on its four sides; and the border around it, half a cubit, and its base a cubit all around; and its steps face east.”

• Ezekiel 43:20

  And you shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border all around; and you shall purify it from sin and make expiation for it.

• Ezekiel 45:19

  And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it on the doorpost of the house, and on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court.

And 3 more times.