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title: אוּר — flame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּר (217), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: flame. BDB 1906: n.m. flame. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּר

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«אוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flame** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 217 · **BDB:** אוּר

### Glosses

a.fire (2); fire (2); east (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/217/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/217/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. flame. לְכוּ בְאוּר אֶשְׁכֶם walk in the flame of your fire Is 50:11, \& so fire itself, whose light \& flame were seen 44:16; 47:14—exile Is. + 31:9 \& Ez 5:2 (Co אשׁ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/217/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.15/)

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עַל־כֵּ֥ן בָּאֻרִ֖ים כַּבְּד֣וּ יְהוָ֑ה בְּאִיֵּ֣י הַיָּ֔ם שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* therefore in the east glorify Yahweh in the.islands of the.sea the.name of.Yahweh the.God of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* 'Therefore glorify ye the LORD in the regions of light, even the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the isles of the sea.'

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[Isaiah 44:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.16/)

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חֶצְיוֹ֙ שָׂרַ֣ף בְּמוֹ־אֵ֔שׁ עַל־חֶצְיוֹ֙ בָּשָׂ֣ר יֹאכֵ֔ל יִצְלֶ֥ה צָלִ֖י וְיִשְׂבָּ֑ע אַף־יָחֹם֙ וְיֹאמַ֣ר הֶאָ֔ח חַמּוֹתִ֖י רָאִ֥יתִי אֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* of.it half he.burns in a.fire over of.it half meat he.eats he.roasts roasted.meat and he.is.satisfied also he.is.warm and he.says aha! I.am.warm I.see a.fire

*JPS 1917:* He burneth the half thereof in the fire; with the half thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied; yea, he warmeth himself, and saith: 'Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire';

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