Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7791 |
|---|---|
| Word: | שׁוּר |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H7788 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | shuwr |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | shoor |
| Meaning: | 1. a wall (as going about) |
| KJV Renderings: | wall. |
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II. שׁוּר noun [masculine] wall (Aramaic שׁוּרָא, [untranscribed source text 5474]); — Gen 49:22 (poem in J ), 2Sam 22:30 = Ps 18:30 plural suffix שׁוּרֹתָם Job 24:11 their walls De Di De, compare Bu; but see שׁוּרָה infra; שָׁרוֺתֶיהָ Jer 5:10 = its walls, according to Vrss AV RV Gf Gie, read then ׳ שֻׁ, but see id.
[שׁוּרָה] noun feminine probably row of olives or vines (so Du Buhl and others; compare Late Hebrew שׁוּרָה, Jewish-Aramaic שׁוּרְתָא row, whence modern Arabic [untranscribed source text 5475] as loan-word, compare VogelstLand wirthschaft 41 f.); — plural suffix שׁוּרֹתְם Job 24:11 (al. II. שׁוּר); Bu and Du strike out suffix; here also Jer 5:10 (reading ׳ שֻׁ) Du Buhl Dr, her (vine-)rows, but see II. שׁוּר .
שַׁוְשָׁא proper name, masculine 1Chr 18:16, see שְׂרָיָה.
[שׁוּר] noun masculine wall (compare Biblical Hebrew II. שׁוּר id.; Egyptian Aramaic שור RŠS361 A 5; B 1); — plural emphatic שׁוּרַיָּה Ezra 4:16, אָ֯ Ezra 4:13 Ezra 4:12 read ׳ שׁוּרַיָּא שׁ Qr , for ׳ שׁורי אשׁ Kt .
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
