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עוּר

𐤏𐤅𐤓

ʻûwr

H5784 noun

SILEX Entry

Root עור to be bare, to strip, to expose

Definition

Chaff; the dry, brittle husks and fragments separated from grain during threshing and winnowing, often blown away by wind. Refers specifically to the refuse byproduct from processing cereal grains such as wheat and barley, commonly regarded as worthless and discarded.

Semantic Range

chaff, husks of grain, straw-like refuse from threshing, worthless residue

Root / Etymology

Root: עור. Likely related to the Hebrew root עור (ʿ-w-r), meaning 'to be bare, naked, exposed'; in this nominal use, indicates something stripped or laid bare from the useful part (i.e., the grain). The word is documented as Aramaic in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in Daniel.

Historical & Contextual Notes

This noun appears in the Aramaic portions of the Hebrew Bible (Daniel 2:35), describing the worthless residue of threshing. In Israelite agricultural context, chaff (עוּר) carried strong connotations of insignificance or perishability, as it is blown away by the wind, in contrast with the valuable grain. The standard biblical Hebrew term for 'chaff' is מֹץ (mots), while עוּר is restricted to Aramaic passages. Later Jewish and Christian translation traditions sometimes use broader terms such as 'refuse' or 'rubbish,' but 'chaff' captures the specific agricultural sense. There is no evidence the word refers more broadly than the literal agricultural meaning in biblical usage.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

(Aramaic); chaff (as the naked husk); chaff.

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Root Family

עור (ʿ-w-r) — to be bare, to strip, to expose

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H216 אוֹר in the skin
H219 אוֹרָה skins of
H4589 מָעוֹר their exposed genitals
H5782 עוּר Let me rouse up
H5783 עוּר she will be roused

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5784-01 כְּ/ע֣וּר keur AR/Ncmsa like chaff stripped chaff 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5784-01 Daniel 2:35 כְּ/ע֣וּר keur AR/Ncmsa like chaff stripped chaff
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