Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kur/

Noun

כּוּר • ‎(kur) m ‎(plural indefinite כּוּרִים, singular construct כּוּר־, plural construct כּוּרֵי־)

1. A furnace for melting metals.
   • c. 593–571 BCE, 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. 217 CE, Mishnah, Shabbat 8:4:

     כּוּר שֶׁל צוֹרְפֵי זָהָב‎

     kur shel tzor'féi zaháv

     a furnace of goldsmiths

   • 200 BCE – 175 BCE, Ben Sira 31.43

     כּוּר בּוֹחֵן מַעֲשֵׂה לוֹטֵשׁ‎

     kur bokhén ma'asé lotésh

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. 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

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Akkadian [script needed] ‎(kurru), Aramaic כּוֹרָא ‎(korá), Arabic [script needed] ‎(kurra, “payment of six donkeys”).

Alternative forms

• כֹּר defective spelling

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kor/

Noun

כּוֹר • ‎(kor) m ‎(plural indefinite כּוֹרִים, singular construct כּוֹר־, plural construct כּוֹרֵי־)

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References

• “כוּר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ ‎(ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), ISBN 965-17-0095-5, page 531.
• “כוֹר” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ ‎(ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X, volume 1 of 3 (א to כ), ISBN 965-17-0095-5, page 531.