αβιρα <Semitic; Hellenistic period>
👉 αβιρα – ‘the fortress, the citadel’ (LXX: Neh. 1.1), βιρα ‘fortress, citadel’ (LXX: Neh. 7.2).
🅔 Transliterations of the Hebrew noun bîrā ‘fortress, citadel; temple’; α- in the form αβιρα is a definite article (ha-).
📖 Data: DCH: II, 151; HALOT: 123f. Ref.: GELS: 1 and 81.