Lexical Summary dur: to heap up, pile, dwell Original Word: דּוּרTransliteration: dur Phonetic Spelling: (dure) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to heap up, pile, dwell Meaning: to heap up, pile, dwell Strong's Concordance dwell A primitive root; properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. To remain -- dwell. Brown-Driver-Briggs H1752. dur דּוּר verb 1. heap up, pile. 2 dwell (originally move in a circle, go about, surround, compare Arabic ; house, especially as group of buildings about a court; Assyrian dûru, wall, fortress, COTGloss; thence (denominative Fl Late Hebrew WBi. 440) dwell Aramaic דּוּר, (participle & Pa`el), hence in Hebrew compare GiesZAW i. 304 Fll.c. CheOP 479; Ethiopic generation (= דּוֺר: probably loan-word); according to Hpt KAT2Glossary i. Assyrian [daru§, endure], dârû, everlasting (compare BezOrient. Diplom.) = Arabic long time, age) — Qal in Infinitive באהלירֿשׁע מִדּוּר Psalm 84:11 than to dwell in tents of wickedness. Imperative (or Infinitive absolute irregular for דּוֺר, compare "" לָקוֺחַ) העצמים דּוּר Ezekiel 24:5 heap up. — In Genesis 6:3 some read Imperfect3masculine singular יָדוּר shall dwell, for ידון; see דין. [דּוּר] verb dwell (see Biblical Hebrew); — Pe`al Imperfect3feminine singular of beasts תְּדוּר Daniel 4:18; 3masculine plural birds יְדֻרוּן 4:9 (Qr feminine יְדוּרָן, f. subject, צִמֲּרֵי, follows, compare 4:18 and K§ 98, 2 c, Anm. 3); Participle plural of men, דָּאדִין Kt 2:38; Daniel 3:31; 6:26 (Qr דָּֽיְרִין); as substantive, construct דָּארֵי Kt 4:32 (twice in verse) (Qr דָּֽיְרֵי) as substantive, construct דָּארֵי Kt 4:32 (twice in verse) (Qr דָּֽיְרֵי dwellers. |
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