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title: שׁוּר — Shur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּר (7793), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Shur. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. 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: **Shur** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7793 · **BDB:** שׁוּר⁵

### Glosses

Shur (3); of.Shur (2); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7793/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7793/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. SW. of Palestine, on E. border of Egypt;—Gn 16:7 (J; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳), 20:1 (E), towards Egypt 25:18 (J), 1 S 15:7, שׁ֫וּרָה 27:8; מִדְבַּר־שׁ׳ Ex 15:22 (J).—Often supposed to denote properly the ‘wall’ or line of fortresses, built by Egyptian Kings across isthmus of Suez; but dub.: cf. Dr Hast.DB Shur.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (22 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 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/1513/7793/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 15:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.7/)

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וַיַּ֥ךְ שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֑ק מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ בּוֹאֲךָ֣ שׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מִצְרָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.defeated Saul (et) Amalek from Havilah come you Shur which \[is\].on the.face of.Egypt

*JPS 1917:* And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt.

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[Genesis 16:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.7/)

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וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ מַלְאַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה עַל־עֵ֥ין הַמַּ֖יִם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר עַל־הָעַ֖יִן בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ שֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* and he found.her the.angel of.Yahweh at the.spring of.(the) water in the wilderness at the spring on the.way of.Shur

*JPS 1917:* And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

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