H3965 H3965
granaries, storehouses (places where fodder or grain is kept)
This plural noun denotes granaries or storehouses, appearing in Jeremiah 50:26 in an oracle against Babylon: "Open her granaries." The term likely derives from the word for fodder or feeding-place. The prophecy commands Babylon's conquerors to break into her storage facilities and plunder her accumulated wealth. The image is of a great empire whose carefully hoarded resources become spoil for invaders—a reversal of Babylon's own practice of plundering conquered nations.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Jeremiah 50:26 commands Babylon's destroyers: "Come against her from every quarter; open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain." Spanish "sus-graneros" (her granaries) identifies these as storage facilities. The prophet envisions Babylon's stored wealth and provisions being thrown open to plunderers, reversing the city's long history of accumulating treasures from conquered peoples. 1×
AR["مَخَازِنَهَا"]·ben["তার-শস্যাগারগুলো"]·DE["[מאבסיה]"]·EN["her-granaries"]·FR["[מאבסיה]"]·heb["מאבוסיה"]·HI["उसके-गोदाम"]·ID["lumbung-lumbungnya"]·IT["[מאבסיה]"]·jav["lumbungipun"]·KO["창고들을-그녀의"]·PT["seus-celeiros"]·RU["зернохранилища-её"]·ES["sus-graneros"]·SW["ghala-zake"]·TR["ambarlarını"]·urd["گوداموں-اُس-کے"]
Related Senses
H1129 1. Qal: build, construct (316×)H2691a 1. court, courtyard, enclosure (142×)G4864 1. synagogue, place of Jewish assembly (56×)G5438 1. prison, place of confinement (41×)H4013 1. fortress, stronghold (37×)H0875 1. well, cistern (dug water source) (35×)H0352b 1. pillar or jamb of gateway (32×)H2474 1. window, opening in wall (32×)H1406 1. roof / rooftop (31×)H4609b 1. steps, stairs, stairway (31×)H1129 2. Nifal: be built, be established (30×)H0361 1. portico, porch (architectural structure) (27×)H1129 3. Qal participle: builder (27×)H1219 1. fortified, inaccessible (25×)H4581 1. fortress, stronghold (25×)H3805 1. capital of a pillar (24×)H4350 1. stand, base, pedestal (24×)H0759 1. palace, royal residence (21×)H4692 1. siege, besiegement (20×)G3618 1. build or construct physically (19×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַאֲבוּס] n.[m.] granary (= place of fodder;? Ass. bît abûsâti DlW 46) pl. sf. מַאֲבֻסֶיהָ Je 50:26.