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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אוּר
אוּר
H218
Transliteration: ʼÛwr
Pronunciation: oor
Definition: Ur
Original: אוּר Transliteration: 'ûr Phonetic: oor
BDB Definition:
Ur = "flame"- city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan