ḥūr חוּר ‘Hur’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
the same as ḥūr חוּר ‘white’ or ḥur חֻר ‘cavern’
Roots:
חור
חור חור
ḥūr pr n m pers
Hur = "hole"
1) a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron
2) grandfather of Bezaleel, the chief artificer of the tabernacle; possibly the same as 1 above
3) the 4th of the 5 kings of Midian who were slain with Balaam after Peor
4) father of Rephaiah in the time of Nehemiah
5) father of Ben-Hur who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim