סִירָה ², (cmp. זִירָה, a. סַהַר a. b. h. סֹהַר) surrounded place, court, prison. Cant. R. to VI, 11 מה אגוז … והס׳ באמצע וכ׳ as the nut has four store-houses (v. מְגוֹרָה) and a court (vacant space) in the centre &c. Sifra Emor, ch. II, Par. 3; Bekh. VI, 2 (expl. תבלל, Lev. XXI, 20) לבן הפוסק בס׳ וכ׳ the white of the eye breaking through the ring and entering the black; ib. 38ᵇ הפוסק את הס׳. Gen. R. s. 41, beg.; s. 52, end אברהם חוץ לס׳ ואני נתונה בתוך הס׳ (Sarah says) Abraham is outside of the prison and I am placed within it (at Pharaoh’s court). Ib. s. 42 נתנו אותו בס׳ וכ׳ they put him (Lot) into an enclosure and took him with them.