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title: עַזּוּר — Azur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַזּוּר (5809), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Azur. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַזּוּר

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«עַזּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Azur** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5809 · **BDB:** עַזּוּר

### Glosses

of.Azzur (2); Azzur (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Azur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5809/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5809/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (once) עַזֻּר n.pr.m. Αζωρ, Εζερ, Ιαζερ: father of Hananiah Je 28:1. עַזֻּר Ez 11:1. a chief of people Ne 10:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַזּוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5809/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.18/)

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אָטֵ֥ר חִזְקִיָּ֖ה עַזּֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* Ater Hezekiah Azzur

*JPS 1917:* Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur;

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[Ezekiel 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.11.1/)

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וַתִּשָּׂ֨א אֹתִ֜י ר֗וּחַ וַתָּבֵ֣א אֹ֠תִי אֶל־שַׁ֨עַר בֵּית־יְהוָ֤ה הַקַּדְמוֹנִי֙ הַפּוֹנֶ֣ה קָדִ֔ימָה וְהִנֵּה֙ בְּפֶ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה אִ֑ישׁ וָאֶרְאֶ֨ה בְתוֹכָ֜ם אֶת־יַאֲזַנְיָ֧ה בֶן־עַזֻּ֛ר וְאֶת־פְּלַטְיָ֥הוּ בֶן־בְּנָיָ֖הוּ שָׂרֵ֖י הָעָֽם׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.lifted.up me a.spirit and it.brought me to the.gate of.the.house of.Yahweh (the) eastern \[which\] faces eastward and there! \[were\].at the.entrance of the.gate twenty and five man and I.saw among them (et) Jaazaniah the.son of.Azzur and (et) Pelatiah the.son of.Benaiah the.leaders of the.people

*JPS 1917:* Then a spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward; and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.

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