Lexical Definition

‎עוּץ‎ ʻÛwts (oots) Uz ^N:N-M-P
apparently from ‎עוּץ‎; consultation

Uz.

• § Uz = "wooded"
• Uts, a son of Aram, also a Seirite, and the regions settled by them.

n pr m
1) son of Aram and grandson of Seth
2) son of Nahor by Milcah
3) an Edomite, son of Dishan and grandson of Seir
n pr loc
4) the country of Job; probably east and southeast of Palestine somewhere in the Arabian desert

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עוּץ‎ proper name

1. masculine a. (eldest) 'son' of Aram Gen 10:23 (P), = 'son' of Shem 1Chr 1:17, ᵐ5 Ως, ᵐ5^L Chronicles Ουζ.
b. eldest 'son' of Nahor Gen 22:21 (J), A Ωξ, ᵐ5^L Ωζ.
c. Edomite name Gen 36:28 = 1Chr 1:42, ᵐ5 Ως, ᵐ5^L Ους

2. location (=

1. a, b, possibly also c), ‎מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ הָעוּץ‎ Jer 25:20 (ᵐ5 omitted); ‎בְּאֶרֶץעֿוּץ‎ Job 1:1 (home of Job), ᵐ5 Αυσιτις; Lam 4:21 (strike out ‎עוּץ‎ ᵐ5 compare Bu and references); on Uz as vague name for east country see especially Bu^{ix. f.}; Dl^{Pa 259, ZKF ii. 87 ff.} puts in Hauran, or north (northeast) therefrom, = Assyrian Uƒƒu, but dubious with name ‎עוּץ‎ RS^{K 261} compare Arabic proper name, of divinity. , so We^{Heid. 2, 146}; against this Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 183 f.}, but see reply RS^{Sem i. 43}.

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