כור
Hebrew
editEtymology 1
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כ־ו־ר (k-w-r) |
Derived from Akkadian 𒆠𒉈 (/kuru/, “crucible, kiln, brazier; log, thick reed; short reed mat, collection of reeds”), likely coined from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, “a bundle”), hence a place of burning bundles of firewood or tinder. Cognate with Aramaic כּוּרָא (kūrā), Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kūrā), Arabic كُور (kūr), and related to כִּירָה (kirá).
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kur/
Noun
editכּוּר • (kur) m (plural indefinite כּוּרִים, singular construct כּוּר־, plural construct כּוּרֵי־)
- A furnace for melting metals.
- Tanach, Ezekiel 22:22, with translation of the King James Version:
- כְּהִתּוּךְ כֶּסֶף בְּתוֹךְ כּוּר כֵּן תֻּתְּכוּ בְתוֹכָהּ […]
- k'hitúkh késef b'tókh kur ken tutkhú b'tokháh […]
- As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; […]
- A nuclear reactor.
- Used figuratively.
- 1905, Hayim Nahman Bialik, The Scroll of Fire 8:
- צֹרַף לְבַב הָעֶלֶם בְּכוּר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ
- tzoráf l'váv ha'élem b'khúr m'shulásh
- צֹרַף לְבַב הָעֶלֶם בְּכוּר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ
Etymology 2
editFrom Akkadian 𒄥 (/kurru/), from Sumerian 𒄥 (GUR, “a bundle of barley; standard unit of capacity”). Cognate with Aramaic כּוֹרָא (kōrā, “a dry measure”), Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kōrā, “a dry measure”), Arabic كُرّ (kurr, “a dry measure; payment of six donkeys”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /kor/
Noun
editכּוֹר • (kor) m (plural indefinite כּוֹרִים, singular construct כּוֹר־, plural construct כּוֹרֵי־)
- A biblical measure of weight equal to 10 ephah.
- Synonym: חוֹמֶר
- Tanach, 1 Kings 5:2, with translation of the New American Standard Bible:[Note: Christian Bibles mark this verse as I Kings 4:22]
- וַיְהִי לֶחֶם־שְׁלֹמֹה לְיוֹם אֶחָד שְׁלֹשִׁים כֹּר סֹלֶת וְשִׁשִּׁים כֹּר קָמַח׃
- Vayhí léḥem Shlomó l'yóm eḥád shloshím kór sólet v'shishím kór qémaḥ.
- Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal.
References
edit- “כוּר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 531.
- “כוֹר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), →ISBN, page 531.
- “כור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
edit- כור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he