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title: חוּר — white stuff · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוּר (2353), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: white stuff. BDB 1906: white stuff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חוּר

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«חוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **white stuff** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 2353 · **BDB:** חוּר

### Glosses

white.cloth (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

white stuff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2353/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

white stuff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2353/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] white stuff (dub. whether cotton or linen, cf. כַּרְפַּס), ‖ תְּכֵלֶת:—of Mordecai’s garments בִּלְבוּשׁ מַלְכוּת תְּכֵלֶת וָחוּר Est 8:15a in a royal garment of violet and white stuff (cf. וְתַכְרִיךְ בּוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן v b); of furnishings of royal palace of Susa ח׳ כַּרְפַּס וּתְכֵלֶת אָחוּז בְּחַבְלֵי־בוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן 1:6 white stuff of fine linen (?) held fast by cords of byssus and purple.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (14 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2353/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Esther 1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.6/)

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ח֣וּר ׀ כַּרְפַּ֣ס וּתְכֵ֗לֶת אָחוּז֙ בְּחַבְלֵי־ב֣וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֔ן עַל־גְּלִ֥ילֵי כֶ֖סֶף וְעַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֑שׁ מִטּ֣וֹת ׀ זָהָ֣ב וָכֶ֗סֶף עַ֛ל רִֽצְפַ֥ת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁ֖שׁ וְדַ֥ר וְסֹחָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* white.cloth cotton and violet.material \[was\].held with cords of.fine.linen and purple on rods of.silver and pillars of.marble couches of.gold and silver \[were\].on a.pavement of.porphyry and marble and mother-of-pearl and paving.stone

*JPS 1917:* there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.

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[Esther 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.8.15/)

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וּמָרְדֳּכַ֞י יָצָ֣א ׀ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ בִּלְב֤וּשׁ מַלְכוּת֙ תְּכֵ֣לֶת וָח֔וּר וַעֲטֶ֤רֶת זָהָב֙ גְּדוֹלָ֔ה וְתַכְרִ֥יךְ בּ֖וּץ וְאַרְגָּמָ֑ן וְהָעִ֣יר שׁוּשָׁ֔ן צָהֲלָ֖ה וְשָׂמֵֽחָה׃

*Word for word:* and Mordecai he.went.out from before the king in clothing of.royalty violet.stuff and white.cloth and a.crown of.gold great and a.robe of.fine.linen and purple and the city Susa it.cried.aloud and it.rejoiced

*JPS 1917:* And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a rob of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

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