ʾūr אוּר ‘Ur’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
the same as ʾūr אוּר ‘flame’
Roots:
אור
Variants: אוּר, אוּר
ʾūr Apr n m pers Bpr n loc
AUr = "flame"
n pr m
1) father of one of David's heroes
BUr = "flame"
n pr loc
1) 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