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title: שׁוּר — travel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּר (7788), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: travel. BDB 1906: vb. travel, journey. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּר

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«שׁוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **travel** — 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:** 7788 · **BDB:** שׁוּר

### Glosses

\[were\].your (1); you.journeyed (1); you.will.come.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

travel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7788/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. travel, journey [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7788/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. perhaps travel, journey (Assyrian šâru, pass along, take one’s way, Arabic سَارَ (ى) go, pass along, journey, سَيَّارَةٌ caravan, Palm. שירתא Lzb 375 SAC113 Cooke271, Syriac ܫܝܳܪܬܳܐ (? Arabic loan-wd., Frä 180));— Impf. 2 fs. וַתָּשֻׁרִי לַמֶּלֶךְ בַּשֶּׁמֶן Is 57:9 and thou (the apostate faction) didst journey to (the god) Melek with (thine) oil, i.e. bring, offer it (Che Marti read וַתָּסֻכִי). Pt. fpl. שָׁרוֹתַיִךְ Ez 27:25 ships of Tarshish were thy travellers (i.e. traders), but improbable; Krae שָׁרוֹת לָךְ בְּ journey for thee with thy wares; Toy רֹכְלַיִךְ בְּ; Co שֵֽׁרְתוּךְ served thee.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (22 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (18 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7788/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 27:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.27.25/)

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אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֔ישׁ שָׁרוֹתַ֖יִךְ מַעֲרָבֵ֑ךְ וַתִּמָּלְאִ֧י וַֽתִּכְבְּדִ֛י מְאֹ֖ד בְּלֵ֥ב־יַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* the.ships of.Tarshish \[were\].your travelers merchandise your and you.were.filled and you.were.honored exceedingly in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].seas

*JPS 1917:* The ships of Tarshish brought thee tribute for thy merchandise; so wast thou replenished, and made very heavy in the heart of the seas.

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[Isaiah 57:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.9/)

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וַתָּשֻׁ֤רִי לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וַתַּרְבִּ֖י רִקֻּחָ֑יִךְ וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֤י צִרַ֙יִךְ֙ עַד־מֵ֣רָחֹ֔ק וַתַּשְׁפִּ֖ילִי עַד־שְׁאֽוֹל׃

*Word for word:* and you.journeyed to the king with (the) oil and you.increased perfumes your and you.sent envoys your to from a.distance and you.showed.abasement to Sheol

*JPS 1917:* And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thine ambassadors far off, even down to the nether-world.

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