Houses of ivory

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Houses of ivory

Houses of ivory

Figuratively by metaphor: large and ornate houses. Towers (שֵׁן meaning ivory).

("And I will smite the winter house upon the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be spoiled, saith the LORD" - Amos 3:15)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּתֵּי שֵׁן

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּמְלִיצָה בְּהַשְׁאָלָה :בָּתִּים גְּדוֹלִים וּמְפֹאָרִים. טִירוֹת (שֵׁן מַשְׁמָע שֶׁנְהָב).

("וְהִכֵּיתִי בֵית הַחֹרֶף עַל בֵּית הַקָּיִץ וְאָבְדוּ בָּתֵּי הַשֵּׁן וְסָפוּ בָּתִּים רַבִּים נְאֻם ה' "- עָמוֹס ג טוּ)

Keyword

houses ivory metaphor towers oracle of the LORD

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