נור

Arabic

Noun

נור • (nūr) m

1. Judeo-Arabic spelling of نُور‎ (nūr, “light”)‎‎
   • Genesis 1:3 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ‏ושא אללה אן יכון נור פכאן נור׃‎‎

     wašāʾa llāhu ʾan yakūna nūrun fakāna nūrun.

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

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Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *nūr-, or from Arabic نور.

Noun

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

1. shining fire, light

Related terms

• נר‎ (ner)