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šūr שׁוּר ‘Shur’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as šūr שׁוּר ‘wall / row’
Roots: שׁור

šūr pr n loc
Shur = "wall"
1) a place southwest of Palestine on the eastern border or within the border of Egypt; the Israelites passed through the wilderness of Shur after crossing the Red Sea
 1a) also 'wilderness of Etham'

Mentioned in Genesis 20:1, 25:18, 16:7 Exodus 15:22 1 Samuel 27:8, 15:7

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