Lexical Summary tur: to seek out, spy out, explore Original Word: תּוּרTransliteration: tur Phonetic Spelling: (toor) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to seek out, spy out, explore Meaning: to meander, about, for, trade, reconnoitring Strong's Concordance Tokahath, an IsraeliteFrom the same as yiqqahah; obedience; Tokahath, an Israelite -- Tikvath (by correction for Tiqvah). see HEBREW yiqqahah see HEBREW Tiqvah Brown-Driver-Briggs H8446. tur 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 14:24; Imperfect3masculine plural יָתֻ֫רוּ 13:2, וַיָּתֻ֫רוּ 13:21; read also 3masculine singular, יָתוּר Job 39:8 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 Ew Di Bu Du and most (for יְתוּר); 2 masculine plural תָּתוּ֫רוּ Numbers 15:39; Infinitive construct תּוּר 10:33 +; Participle plural תָּרִים 14:6, on 1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14 see infra; — 1 seek out, select: מִנוּחָה לָהֶם לָתוּר 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, ׳ת לְ בְּלִבִּי Ecclesiastes 2:3. 2 spy out, explore, accusative of land Numbers 13:2, 16, 17, 21, 23, 32 (twice in verse); 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, וְלָת ׳לָדַעַת חָכְמָה וּבַקֵּשׁ Ecclesiastes 7:25, compare 9:1 Gr (׳ת for בוּר q. v.), ׳לָת עַלֿ בְּחָכְמָה 1:13 (KueOnd. 2, iii. 196). 3 go about, figurative לְבַבְכֶם אַהֲרִי Numbers 15:39 (P); Participle הַתָּרִים אַנְשֵׁי 1 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 9:14, usually merchants ("" לִים רִכְּ סֹחֲרִים); Kit, after ᵑ62Chronicles, proposes הֶעָרִים for הַתָּרִים Hiph`il Imperfect3masculine plural בְּבֵיתאֵֿל וַיָּתִ֫ירוּ Judges 1:23 they made a reconnoisance at Bethel (Vrss disagree, Gie וַיַּחֲנוּ, compare GFM); 3 masculine singular צַדִּיק מֵרֵעֵהוּ יָתֵר 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 מֵרָעָה יָסֻר. |
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