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title: מוּר — change · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מוּר (lemma:מוּר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: change. BDB 1906: vb. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מוּר

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«מוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **change** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מוּר · **BDB:** מוּר

### Glosses

changes (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

change [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5bc_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. change (NH id., Hiph.; Arabic مَارَ (med. ו) is move to and fro (intransitive); مَارَ (med. י) procure food, Aramaic ܡܳܪ buy or import food, NöZMG xl. 1886, 154);— Pf. נָמָ֑ר (as if from מרר) be changed, Je 48:11 subj. רֵיחוֹ (of wine, fig. of Moab); Pf. הֵמִיר Je 2:11; on הַהֵימִיר ib., v. Köi. 457; Impf. יָמִיר ψ 15:4 + 3 times; juss. יָמֵר Ez 48:14; sf. יְמִירֶנּוּ Lv 27:33(×2); אָמִיר Ho 4:7; וַיָּמִ֫ירוּ ψ 106:20; Inf. cstr. הָמִיר ψ 46:3; abs. הָמֵר Lv 27:10, 33;— change, alter, Mi 2:4 (obj. חֵלֶק עַמִּי; but 𝔊 יִמַּד בַּחֶבֶל, so Sta ZAW 1886, 122 f.); ψ 15:4 (no obj. expr.); Hiph. declar. 46:3 (ארץ subj., Hup Che Bae al., Ges§ 115, 2, R. 2) when the earth shews change; Krochm Gr proposes הִמּוֹג (cf. מוג v 7b ‖ מוט), but needless. exchange (sq. acc. of obj. relinquished, + בְּ before obj. acquired) Lv 27:10(×4) (2 times as Inf. abs.); Ho 4:7 ψ 106:20; cf. c. one obj. Lv 27:33(×3) (once as Inf. abs.); Je 2:11(×2) (cf. supr.); without obj. Ez 48:14 (but Ew Co יוּמַר, Hoph.). Impf. יוּמַר Ez 48:14 Ew Co, cf. Berthol.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מוּר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5d5_5bc_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 46:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.46.3/)

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עַל־כֵּ֣ן לֹא־נִ֭ירָא בְּהָמִ֣יר אָ֑רֶץ וּבְמ֥וֹט הָ֝רִ֗ים בְּלֵ֣ב יַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* therefore not we.will.fear when changes \[the\].earth and when shake mountains in.\[the\] heart of.\[the\].seas

*JPS 1917:* Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change, and though the mountains be moved into the heart of the seas;

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