נור

Arabic

Noun

נור • (nūr) m

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of نُور (nūr, “light”)‎‎
   • c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎^[1], Genesis 1:3:

     ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃

     wašāʔa llāhu ʔan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.

     And God willed there to be light, and then there was light.

Hebrew

Root
נ־י־ר (n-y-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nūr-, via Aramaic נוּר (“fire”). Cognate with Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”) and نَار (nār, “fire”).

Noun

נוּר • (nur) m (plural indefinite נורים, singular construct נור־)

1. shining fire

   Synonym: אֵשׁ (ésh)

2. light

   Synonym: אוֹר (ór)

Related terms

• נִיר (nir)
• נֵר (ner)

 

References

• H5135 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible