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N-ms  |  6× in 1 sense
siege-wall, siege ramp

Senses
1. siege-wall, siege ramp A military siege structure erected against a fortified city, referring to earthwork ramps, towers, or bulwarks used in ancient Near Eastern warfare. All six occurrences describe the same type of siege installation with minor translation variation. Eng 'siege-wall', spa 'torre de asedio / cerco', hin 'morche / damdama / gherabandi', arb 'mitrasah / hisn / sur', kor 'mangdae / powi-dam', swa 'ngome / boma la kuzingira'.
BUILDINGS Constructions Fortifications and Palaces
AR["بُرْجًا","بُرْجَحِصَارٍ","حِصْنٍ","سُورًا","مِتْرَسَةً"]·ben["অবরোধ-প্রাচীর","অবরোধ-মঞ্চ","অবরোধ-স্থান","প্রাচীর"]·DE["Belagerung-Mauer","Belagerungswall","[דיק]"]·EN["a-siege-wall","siege-wall"]·FR["[דיק]","machine-de-siège","siège-muraille"]·heb["דייק","דיק"]·HI["गुम्मट","घेरा-बन्दी","घेराबंदी","दमदमा","मोरचे"]·ID["benteng-pengepungan","pengepungan","pengepungan,","tembok-pengepungan"]·IT["[דיק]","assedio-muro","vallo"]·jav["baluwarti-pengepungan","bètèng","mènara-pengepungan.","panggung","pengepungan","tembok-pengepungan"]·KO["공격탑을","공성-보루를","망대를","포위-담을","포위를"]·PT["baluarte","muralha-de-cerco","rampa","rampa-de-cerco","torres-de-cerco"]·RU["башню","вал","осадную-башню","осадные-башни","осадный-вал"]·ES["baluarte","cerco","rampa-de-asedio","torre-de-asedio","torres-de-asedio"]·SW["boma-la-kuzingira","ngome"]·TR["kusatma-duvari","kuşatma-duvarı","kuşatma-kulesi","siper"]·urd["برج","محاصرہ-کا-برج","مورچا","مورچے"]

BDB / Lexicon Reference
דָּיֵק n.m. bulwark, siege-wall—דָּיֵק 2 K 25:1 + 5 times—בנה ד׳ עליה סביב 2 K 25:1 = Je 52:4; cf. Ez 4:2; 17:17; 21:27 (all ‖ שׁפך סֹלֲלָה); נתן ד׳ על Ez 26:8 (‖ id.)