8446. tur
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tur: to seek out, spy out, explore
Original Word: תּוּר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: tur
Phonetic Spelling: (toor)
Short Definition: spy

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to seek out, spy out, explore
NASB Translation
explore (1), explored (1), explores (1), follow (1), guide (1), investigate (1), seek (2), selected (1), spied (5), spy (6), spying (2), traders* (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
יָתֵר Proverbs 12:26, see תור.

תּוּר verb seek out, spy out, explore (Late Hebrew id. (rare); perhaps originally turn (to or about), Assyrian târu, turn about, back, taîru adjective turning back, also merciful, and substantive mercy; Arabic () IV. go about (rare), a go-between) —

Qal Perfect1singular תַּרְתִּי Ezekiel 20:6; Ecclesiastes 2:3; 3plural תָּרוּ Numbers 13:32; 2masculine plural תַּרְתֶּם Numbers 14:24; Imperfect3masculine plural יָתֻ֫רוּ Numbers 13:2, וַיָּתֻ֫רוּ Numbers 13:21; read also 3masculine singular, יָתוּר Job 39:8 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Ew Di Bu Du and most (for יְתוּר); 2 masculine plural תָּתוּ֫רוּ Numbers 15:39; Infinitive construct תּוּר Numbers 10:33 +; Participle plural תָּרִים Numbers 14:6, on 1 Kings 10:15; 2Chronicles 9:14 see infra; —

1 seek out, select: לָתוּר לָהֶם מִנוּחָה Numbers 10:33 (J, subject ark of ׳י), compare Deuteronomy 1:33 (subject ׳י), Ezekiel 20:6 (id., accusative land); followed by infinitive = find out how to do something, בְּלִבִּי לְ ׳ת Ecclesiastes 2:3.

2 spy out, explore, accusative of land Numbers 13:2,16,17,21,23,32 (twice in verse); Numbers 14:7,34,36,38, accusative of mountains Job 39:8 (see above), compare Participle as subject explores, spies Numbers 14:6 (all P); explore mentally, וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה ׳לָדַעַת וְלָת Ecclesiastes 7:25, compare Ecclesiastes 9:1 Gr (׳ת for בוּר q. v.), בְּחָכְמָה עַלֿ ׳לָת Ecclesiastes 1:13 (KueOnd. 2, iii. 196).

3 go about, figurative אַהֲרִי לְבַבְכֶם Numbers 15:39 (P); Participle אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים 1 Kings 10:15; 2Chronicles 9:14, usually merchants ("" סֹחֲרִים רִכְּ לִים); Kit, after ᵑ62Chronicles, proposes הֶעָרִים for הַתָּרִים

Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine plural וַיָּתִ֫ירוּ בְּבֵיתאֵֿל Judges 1:23 they made a reconnoisance at Bethel (Vrss disagree, Gie וַיַּחֲנוּ, compare GFM); 3 masculine singular יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק Proverbs 12:26 the righteous searches out (RV is a guide to) his friend, ᵑ7 AV is more excellent than (reading יָתָר), Hi Ew De and others spies out his pasture (מִרְעֵהוּ, in spiritual sense), all dubious; Toy conjectures יָסֻר מֵרָעָה.



Strong's
Tokahath, an Israelite

A primitive root; to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitring -- chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-)spy (out).

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