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• בּוֹר בַּיִר, בּוֹר, הַסִּרָה , בּוֹר־עָשָׁן
• בַּיִת בַּת, בֵּית, אַשְׁבֵּעַ בֵּית, הַגָּן , בֵּית תּוֹגַרְמָה
• מַסְגֵּר , מַסְגֵּר
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the prison in a castle keep, so called because the Norman name for the latter is donjon, and the dungeons or prisons are generally in its lowest storey. (See KEEP.)