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title: חוּר — Hur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוּר (2354), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Hur. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Hur** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 2354 · **BDB:** חוּר²

### Glosses

Hur (8); of.Hur (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2354/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2354/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (meaning dub.; cf. Nab. n.pr. חורו Nö in Eutp. 45)— 𝔊 Ωρ, named with Aaron as compan. of Moses Ex 17:10, 12; 24:14 (all E). 𝔊 Ωρ, a Judahite Ex 31:2 = 35:30, cf. 38:22 (all P) 1 Ch 2:19, 20, 50 (on div. of verse v. Be VB); also 4:1, 4 2 Ch 1:5. 𝔊 Ουρ, a king of Midian Nu 31:8 Jos 13:21 (both P). 𝔊L Σουρ (B om.) head of fam. of returned exiles Ne 3:9. בֶּן־חוּר officer of Sol. 1 K 4:8, v. sub בֵּן p. 122.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (21 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1495/2354/), 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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[1 Chronicles 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.1/)

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בְּנֵ֖י יְהוּדָ֑ה פֶּ֧רֶץ חֶצְר֛וֹן וְכַרְמִ֖י וְח֥וּר וְשׁוֹבָֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Judah \[were\].Perez Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

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