Words the Bible translates as settlement

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

moshavמוֹשָׁבa place where someone sits or lives: a seat, a settlement, or the act of dwelling there
tirahטִירָהan encampment: the cluster of tents and animal pens a clan lives in, and by extension the area a clan settles in.
+1 more meaning
- built stonework that runs around a structure: a course of masonry, or a turret raised on top of a wall.

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