'Squares' in the Bible
The coat is to be made of the best linen, worked in squares; and you are to make a head-dress of linen, and a linen band worked in needlework.
And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
And the altars on the roof of the high room of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord, were pulled down and crushed to bits, and the dust of them was put into the stream Kidron.
And the design of all he had in his heart for the outer squares of the house of the Lord, and for the rooms all round it, and for the store-houses of the house of the Lord, and for the store-houses for the holy things;
And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.
So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on the roof of his house, and in their courtyards and the courtyards of God’s house, and in the open square of the Water Gate and in the square of the Gate of Ephraim.
Our cattle will be well fed.There will be no breach in the walls,no going into captivity,and no cry of lament in our public squares.
Wisdom calls out in the street;she raises her voice in the public squares.
Should your springs flow in the streets,streams of water in the public squares?
Now in the street, now in the squares,she lurks at every corner.
I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.
In its streets they wear sackcloth;on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,falling down and weeping.
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem.Look and take note;search in her squares.If you find one person,any who acts justly,who seeks to be faithful,then I will forgive her.
for Death has climbed through our windows;it has entered our fortresses,cutting off children from the streets,young men from the squares.
On all the rooftops of Moab and in her public squares, everyone is mourning because I have shattered Moab like a jar no one wants.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
For her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord who rules over all.
So her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord.
(Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares.
(Lamed) Children say to their mothers, "Where are food and drink?" They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers' arms.
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:There will be wailing in all the public squares;they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.The farmer will be called on to mourn,and professional mourners to wail.
The chariots race madly in the streets,They rush wildly in the squares,Their appearance is like torches,They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'Old men and old women shall again sit in the public squares of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand {because of great age}.
And the public squares of the city will be filled [with] boys and girls playing in its public squares.'
and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.