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tannūr תַּנּוּר ‘oven’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from nēr נֵר ‘lamp’

tannūr n, m
1) furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove
 1a) for cooking
 1b) of God's wrath, His furnace (fig)
 1c) of hunger, desire for evil
 1d) fire-pot

Mentioned in Genesis 15:17 Exodus 7:28 Codex Leviticus 26:26, 7:9, 11:35, 2:4 Isaiah 31:9 Hosea 7:7, 7:4, 7:6 Malachi 3:19 Psalms 21:10 Lamentations 5:10 Nehemiah 12:38, 3:11

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