תְּרַע (tĕraʿ) is an Aramaic noun meaning gate. It appears 2 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8651).

Also rendered

• door

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 3066)

Root family 3066: תְּרַע tĕraʿ — gate, door. The Hebrew šaʿar (“gate”) is most naturally taken as related, although this would involve a metathesis in the Aramaic form (cf. BDB under šʿr, p. 1044). As in Hebrew, the word “gate,” because the city gate was the seat of administration, became a word for the king’s court, the palace

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