כּוּר

«כּוּר» in the Tanakh dictionary: smelting-pot — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 9 times · Key: 3564 · BDB: כּוּר

Glosses

a.furnace (3); of.a.furnace (3); the.furnace (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

smelting-pot tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

smelting-pot or furnace tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] smelting-pot or furnace (Arabic كُور; NH id.; Aramaic id., ܟܽܘܪ; Ethiopic ከውር: )—pot or furnace for smelting metals, but alw. in metaph. or sim. of human sufferings in punishment or discipline: iron (fig. of Egypt as place of bondage) מִכּ׳ הַבַּרְזֶל Dt 4:20 Je 11:4, מִתּוֹךְ כ׳ הַבּ׳ 1 K 8:51; gold כ׳ לַזָּהָב Pr 17:3 = 27:21 (‖ מַצְרֵף); various metals Ez 22:18, 20, 22; once בְּכוּר עֹ֑נִי Is 48:10 in a smelting-pot of a affliction.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «כּוּר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Isaiah 48:10

הִנֵּ֥ה צְרַפְתִּ֖יךָ וְלֹ֣א בְכָ֑סֶף בְּחַרְתִּ֖יךָ בְּכ֥וּר עֹֽנִי׃

Word for word: here! I have.refined.you and not (in) silver I have.chosen.you in a.furnace of.affliction

JPS 1917: Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver; I have tried thee in the furnace of affliction.

Proverbs 17:3

מַצְרֵ֣ף לַ֭כֶּסֶף וְכ֣וּר לַזָּהָ֑ב וּבֹחֵ֖ן לִבּ֣וֹת יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: a.crucible [is].for (the) silver and a.furnace [is].for (the) gold and.[is] testing hearts Yahweh

JPS 1917: The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but the LORD trieth the hearts.

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