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סִּרָה

si.rah

Sirah

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Strong’s H5626Proper name, a place1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

sirah1

In the text

2 Samuel 3:26הַסִּרָה
As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

בּוֹר הַסִּרָה n.pr.loc. 2 S 3:26 (cistern of Sirah)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.