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title: דּוּר — circle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דּוּר (1754), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: circle. BDB 1906: circle, ball. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דּוּר

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«דּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **circle** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1754 · **BDB:** דּוּר²

### Glosses

circle (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

circle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1754/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

circle, ball [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1754/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] circle, ball— circle Du Is 29:3 thinks noun here also is כַּדּוּד (or כִּדּוֹד) = כִּידוֹר onset of combatants; Marti כְּדָוִד as 𝔊 Lo Brd al. וְחָנִיתִי כַּדּוּר עליך Is 29:3 (\> 𝔊 Brd כְּדָוִד). ball צָנוֹף יִצְנָפְךָ צְנֵפָה כַּדּוּר Is 22:18 (so most; but BöNÄ ii. 134 De Or Jastr PAOS 1888, xcv. ff. regard noun as כַּדּוּר, ball, as Talm., from כדר cf. also MV SS s.v.). \[ heap, pile Ez 24:5 Thes Ke MV cf. מְדוּרָה v 9; but v. supr. sub דּוּר vb.\]

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1754/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.3/)

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וְחָנִ֥יתִי כַדּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִךְ וְצַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַהֲקִֽימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ מְצֻרֹֽת׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.encamp like (the) circle on you and I.will.lay.siege on you siege-works and I.will.raise on you fortifications

*JPS 1917:* And I will encamp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mound, and I will raise siege works against thee.

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