דּוּר
Biblical Hebrew
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
heap up tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
דּוּר: vb. heap up, pile dwell tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. heap up, pile. dwell (orig. move in a circle, go about, surround, cf. Arabic دَارَ; دَارٌ house, especially as group of buildings about a court; Assyrian dûru, wall, fortress, COTGloss.; thence (denom. Fl NHWBi. 440) dwell Aramaic דּוּר, ܕܳܪ (pt. & Pa), hence in Heb. cf. Giesebr ZAW i. 304 Fl l.c. CheOP 479; Ethiopic ዳር generation (= דּוֹר: prob. loan-word); according to Hpt KAT2 Gloss.. i. Assyrian [darû, endure], dârû, everlasting (cf. Bez Orient Diplom.) = Arabic دَهْرٌ long time, age)— in Inf. מִדּוּר באהלי־רשׁע ψ 84:11 than to dwell in tents of wickedness. Imv. (or Inf. abs. irreg. for דּוֹר, cf. ‖ לָקוֹחַ) דּוּר העצמים Ez 24:5 heap up.—In Gn 6:3 some read Impf. 3 ms. יָדוּר shall dwell, for ידון; v. דין.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: than to dwell (1).
In the verses
כִּ֤י טֽוֹב־י֥וֹם בַּחֲצֵרֶ֗יךָ מֵ֫אָ֥לֶף בָּחַ֗רְתִּי הִ֭סְתּוֹפֵף בְּבֵ֣ית אֱלֹהַ֑י מִ֝דּ֗וּר בְּאָהֳלֵי־רֶֽשַׁע׃
Word for word: (dm) [is].good a.day in courts your more than.a.thousand I.have.chosen to.stand.at.the.threshold in the.house my.God my more than.to.dwell in.[the] tents of.wickedness
JPS 1917: For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand; I had rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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