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title: אוּר — Ur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּר (218), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Ur. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּר

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«אוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ur** — 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:** 218 · **BDB:** אוּר²

### Glosses

of.Ur (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/218/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/218/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (flame) father of one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 11:35 (iii. אוּר n.pr.loc. v. infr.)—iii. אוּר in אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים. Ur of the Chaldees Gn 11:28, 31; 15:7 Ne 9:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/218/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 11:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.35/)

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אֲחִיאָ֧ם בֶּן־שָׂכָ֛ר הַהֲרָרִ֖י אֱלִיפַ֥ל בֶּן־אֽוּר׃ס

*Word for word:* Ahiam the.son of.Sakar the Hararite Eliphal the.son of.Ur

*JPS 1917:* Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur;

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