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title: אוּרִי — Uri · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אוּרִי (221), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Uri. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אוּרִי

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«אוּרִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Uri** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 221 · **BDB:** אוּרִי

### Glosses

of.Uri (5); Uri (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Uri [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/221/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/221/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (fiery, or contr. for אוּרִיָּה) prince of Judah Ex 31:2; 35:30; 38:22 1 Ch 2:20 2 Ch 1:5; a porter Ezr 10:24; father of an officer of Solomon 1 K 4:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אוּרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/221/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.20/)

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וְחוּר֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־אוּרִ֔י וְאוּרִ֖י הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־בְּצַלְאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and Hur he.fathered (et) Uri and Uri he.fathered (et) Bezalel

*JPS 1917:* And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.

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[Exodus 31:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.31.2/)

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רְאֵ֖ה קָרָ֣אתִֽי בְשֵׁ֑ם בְּצַלְאֵ֛ל בֶּן־אוּרִ֥י בֶן־ח֖וּר לְמַטֵּ֥ה יְהוּדָֽה׃

*Word for word:* see I.have.called by name Bezalel the.son of.Uri the.son of.Hur of the.tribe of.Judah

*JPS 1917:* 'See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

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