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ʾūrīm אוּרִים ‘Urim’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: plural from ʾūr אוּר ‘flame’
Roots: אור

ʾūrīm pr n m title
Urim = "lights"
1) stones kept in a pouch on the high-priest's breastplate, used in determining God's decision in certain questions and issues

Mentioned in Exodus 28:30 Codex Leviticus 8:8 Numbers 27:21 Deuteronomy 33:8 1 Samuel 28:6 Ezra 2:63 Nehemiah 7:65

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