Lexical Definition

‎דּוּר‎ dûwr (dure) to dwell ^H:V
a primitive root

dwell.

• properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain

1) to heap up, pile
2) to dwell
2a) (Qal)
2a1) to dwell
2a2) heap up (imp.)

See Greek: κατοικέω · οἰκέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: dur (‎ד‎ּ‎ו‎ּ‎ר‎ "to dwell" דּוּר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: דּוּר
‎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, COT^Gloss; thence (denominative Fl Late Hebrew WB^{i. 440}) dwell Aramaic ‎דּוּר‎, (participle & Pa`el), hence in Hebrew compare Gies^{ZAW i. 304} Fl^l.c. Che^{OP 479}; Ethiopic generation (= ‎דּוֺר‎: probably loan-word); according to Hpt KAT^{2 Glossary i.} Assyrian [daru§, endure], dârû, everlasting (compare Bez^{Orient. Diplom}.) = Arabic long time, age) —

Qal in Infinitive ‎מִדּוּר באהלירֿשׁע‎ Ps 84:11* than to dwell in tents of wickedness. Imperative (or Infinitive absolute irregular for ‎דּוֺר‎, compare || ‎לָקוֺחַ‎) ‎דּוּר העצמים‎ Ezek 24:5 heap up. — In Gen 6:3 some read Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָדוּר‎ shall dwell, for ‎ידון‎; see ‎דין‎.

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