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title: נוּר — fire · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נוּר (lemma:נוּר), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 17 times: fire. BDB 1906: n.f. et fire. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נוּר

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«נוּר» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **fire** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** lemma:נוּר · **BDB:** נוּר

### Glosses

of (11); fire (2); the (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. et fire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Dn 3:6 et m.7, 9 fire (𝔗 Syriac; v. √ נור BH);—abs. נ׳ Dn 3:27; 7:9(×2), 10; emph. נוּרָא 3:6 + 12 times 3.

### Jastrow 1903

נוּר ²: fire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (v. נְהַר; cmp. מוּל a. מָהַל) fire. Targ. Job XVIII, 5; a. fr.—Ḥag. 13ᵇ, a. e. דינור, v. דִּינוּר. M. Kat. 12ᵇ, v. מַדְבּוּרָא. Ned. 62ᵇ עבדא דנ׳ a fire-worshipper (gheber). Ib. בי נ׳ fire temple, gheber-service; a. fr.—\[Lev. R. s. 27, a. e. בנור ובזפת, v. מַרְזוֹבוֹת.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5d5_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.11/)

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וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד יִתְרְמֵ֕א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

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[Daniel 3:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.6/)

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וּמַן־דִּי־לָ֥א יִפֵּ֖ל וְיִסְגֻּ֑ד בַּהּ־שַׁעֲתָ֣א יִתְרְמֵ֔א לְגֽוֹא־אַתּ֥וּן נוּרָ֖א יָקִֽדְתָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and whoever that not he.will.fall.down and he.will.pay.homage at it the moment he.will.be.thrown to the.midst of.the.furnace of the.fire (the) burning

*JPS 1917:* and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.'

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