1. guard chamber, side room — Masculine noun תָּא (ta'): a chamber or guard room, specifically the side rooms flanking the gates of Ezekiel's visionary temple (Ezek 40:7-36) and the guard chambers in the temple/palace of Solomon (1 Kgs 14:28; 2 Chr 12:11). In Ezekiel's temple vision, the תָּאִים are the small chambers (typically three on each side) built into the thickness of the gateway walls, serving as guard posts. The noun appears with ketiv/qere variants (כתיב תאו / קרי תָּאָיו 'its chambers') throughout Ezekiel 40. Arabic حُجْرَة/حُجُرَات 'room/chambers,' Korean 방/방들 'room/rooms,' German Kammer 'chamber,' Spanish camara 'chamber,' Hindi कोठरी/कोठरियाँ 'small room/rooms,' French chambre. Possibly an Aramaism (cf. Aramaic תָּא, Arabic ثَوَى 'to dwell'). All five auto-clusters represent the same architectural term, split by singular/plural, construct/absolute, and ketiv/qere variants. 17×
AR["الْحُجُرَاتِ","الْحُجْرَةِ","حُجرَةِ","حُجُرَاتُهُ","حُجْرَةِ","وَالْحُجْرَةُ","وَحُجُرَاتُ","وَحُجُرَاتُهُ"]·ben["(এবং-তার-কক্ষগুলি)","(তার-কক্ষগুলি)","-কক্ষগুলিতে","-কক্ষগুলির","-কক্ষের","[এবং-তার-কক্ষ]","[তার-কক্ষ]","এবং-কক্ষ","এবং-কক্ষগুলি","কক্ষে","ঘরে"]·DE["Kammer","chamber-von","und-Kammer"]·EN["[ketiv]","and-chambers-of","and-its-chambers","and-the-chamber","chamber-of","its-chambers","the-chamber","the-chambers"]·FR["[התא]","[התאות]","[התאים]","[והתא]","[ותאו]","[ותאי]","[ותאיו]","[תא]","[תאו]","[תאיו]","chamber-de"]·heb["ה-תא","ה-תאות","ה-תאים","ו-ה-תא","ו-תאי","ו-תאיו","תא","תאיו"]·HI["उसकी-कोठरियाँ","और-उसकी-कोठरियाँ","और-कोठरियाँ","और-कोठरी","कमरे","कोठरियों","कोठरी","ब-यरूशलेम"]·ID["[]","dan-kamar-kamar-penjaga","dan-kamar-kamar-penjaganya","dan-kamar-penjaga","kamar","kamar-kamar-penjaga","kamar-kamar-penjaganya","kamar-penjaga-itu","ruang-"]·IT["[תא]","camera","camera-di","e-camera"]·jav["*","kamar","kamar-jagi-nipun","kamar-jagi-punika","lan-kamar-jagi-nipun","lan-kamar-jagi-punika"]·KO["그-방들의","그-방의","그리고-그-방은","그리고-방들-","방","방들-그의","방에"]·PT["(e-suas-câmaras)","(suas-câmaras)","E-a-câmara","E-câmaras-de","[e-suas-câmaras]","[suas-câmaras]","a-câmara","as-câmaras","câmara-de","e-a-câmara","sala-de"]·RU["и-комната","и-комнаты","и-комнаты-его","комнатам","комнатами","комнату","комнаты","комнаты-его"]·ES["(sus-cámaras)","(y-sus-cámaras)","Y-cámaras-de","Y-la-cámara","[sus-cámaras]","[y-su-cámara]","[y-sus-cámaras]","cámara-de","la-cámara","las-cámaras","y-la-cámara"]·SW["Na-chumba-cha-ulinzi","Na-vyumba-vya-ulinzi-vya","[vyumba]","chumba-cha","chumba-cha-ulinzi","na-chumba-cha-ulinzi","vyumba-vya-ulinzi","vyumba-vyake-vya-ulinzi"]·TR["(hücreleri)","(ve-hücreleri)","[hücreleri]","[ve-hücreleri]","hücrelere","hücrelerin","hücrenin","odasına","ve-hücre","ve-hücreleri"]·urd["اور-اُس-کی-کوٹھڑیاں","اور-کوٹھڑی","اور-کوٹھڑیاں","اُس-کی-کوٹھڑیاں","کمرے","کوٹھڑی-کی","کوٹھڑیوں","کوٹھڑیوں-کے"]
1 Kgs 14:28, 2 Chr 12:11, Ezek 40:7, Ezek 40:7, Ezek 40:10, Ezek 40:12, Ezek 40:12, Ezek 40:13, Ezek 40:16, Ezek 40:21, Ezek 40:21, Ezek 40:29 (+5 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תָּא n.m. Ez 40, 21 chamber (NH id.; perhaps Aramaism, cf. Arabic ثَوَى dwell, مَثْوًى abode (? akin to أَوَى turn aside to lodge, אַוְונָא, ܐܰܘܳܘܢܳܐ lodging-place), Aramaic תָּוָן (in Ez 40 תְּוָא, תָּוַיָּא), ܬܰܘܳܢܳܐ room, chamber);—ת׳ abs. Ez 40:7 +, cstr. 1 K 14:28; sf. תאו Ez 40:21 Kt (Qr תָּאָיו), so v 29, 33, 36; pl. תָּאִים v 7 +; תָּאוֹת v 12; cstr. תָּאֵי v 10;—chamber: תָּא הָרָצִים…