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title: שׁוּר — wall · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּר (7791), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: wall. BDB 1906: wall. 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: **wall** — 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:** 7791 · **BDB:** שׁוּר⁴

### Glosses

a.wall (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7791/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

wall [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7791/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] wall (Aramaic שׁוּרָא, ܫܽܘܪܳܐ );—Gn 49:22 (poem in J), 2 S 22:30 = ψ 18:30; pl. sf. שׁוּרֹתָם Jb 24:11 their walls De Di De, cf. Bu; but v. שׁוּרָה infra; שָׁרוֹתֶיהָ Je 5:10 = its walls, according to Vrss AV RV Gf Gie, read then שֻׁ׳, but v. id.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (23 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (19 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7791/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.30/)

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כִּ֥י בְכָ֖ה אָר֣וּץ גְּד֑וּד בֵּאלֹהַ֖י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) by you I.run a.marauding.band by God my I.leap.over a.wall

*JPS 1917:* For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.

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[Genesis 49:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.22/)

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בֵּ֤ן פֹּרָת֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף בֵּ֥ן פֹּרָ֖ת עֲלֵי־עָ֑יִן בָּנ֕וֹת צָעֲדָ֖ה עֲלֵי־שֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.son of.a.fruit-bearer Joseph a.son of.a.fruit-bearer at a.spring daughters she.will.climb over a.wall

*JPS 1917:* Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a fountain; its branches run over the wall.

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