אוּר
ur
§ Ur = "flame"
city in southern Babylonia, city of the Chaldeans, centre of moon worship, home of Abraham's father, Terah, and departure point for the Abraham's migration to Mesopotamia and Canaan
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- Genesis 11:28 בְּא֥וּר
During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
- Genesis 11:31 מֵא֣וּר
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
- Genesis 15:7 מֵא֣וּר
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
- 1 Chronicles 11:35 אֽוּר׃ס
Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur,
- Nehemiah 9:7 מֵא֣וּר
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham.