שׁוּר

«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.

Used: 6 times · Key: 7793 · BDB: שׁוּר⁵

Glosses

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

Meaning (OSHB)

Shur tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. tree →

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.

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

1 Samuel 15:7

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.

Genesis 16:7

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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