Lexical Definition

‎תּוּר‎ tûwr (toor) to spy ^H:V
a primitive root

chap(-man), sent to descry, be excellent, merchant(-man), search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).

• to meander (causatively, guide) about, especially fortrade or reconnoitring

1) to seek, search out, spy out, explore
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to seek out, select, find out how to do something
1a2) to spy out, explore
1a2a) explorers, spies (participle)
1a3) to go about
1a3a) merchant, trader (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to make a search, make a reconnaissance

See Greek: διαστρέφω · ἐκλέγομαι · ἐκτείνω · ἐκτινάσσω · ἐπισκέπτομαι · ἑτοιμάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָתֵר‎ Prov 12:26, see ‎תור‎.

Also see: יָתוּר

‎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 Perfect 1 singular ‎תַּרְתִּי‎ Ezek 20:6; Eccl 2:3 3 plural ‎תָּרוּ‎ Num 13:32 2 masculine plural ‎תַּרְתֶּם‎ Num 14:24 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יָתֻ֫רוּ‎ Num 13:2, ‎וַיָּתֻ֫רוּ‎ vNum 13:21 read also 3 masculine singular, ‎יָתוּר‎ Job 39:8 ᵑ9 ᵑ7 Ew Di Bu Du and most (for ‎יְתוּר‎); 2 masculine plural ‎תָּתוּ֫רוּ‎ Num 15:39 Infinitive construct ‎תּוּר‎ Num 10:33 +; Participle plural ‎תָּרִים‎ Num 14:6, on 1Kgs 10:15; 2Chr 9:14 see infra; —

1. seek out, select: ‎לָתוּר לָהֶם מִנוּחָה‎ Num 10:33 (J, subject ark of ‎׳‎‎י‎), compare Deut 1:33 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), Ezek 20:6 (id., accusative land); followed by infinitive = find out how to do something, ‎בְּלִבִּי לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Eccl 2:3.

2. spy out, explore, accusative of land Num 13:2; Num 13:16; Num 13:17; Num 13:21; Num 13:23; Num 13:32 (twice in verse); Num 14:7; Num 14:34; Num 14:36; Num 14:38, accusative of mountains Job 39:8 (see above), compare Participle as subject explores, spies Num 14:6 (all P); explore mentally, ‎וּבַקֵּשׁ חָכְמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎לָדַעַת וְלָת‎ Eccl 7:25, compare Eccl 9:1 Gr (‎׳‎‎ת‎ for ‎בוּר‎ q. v.), ‎בְּחָכְמָה עַלֿ‎ ‎׳‎‎לָת‎ Eccl 1:13 (Kue^{Ond. 2, iii. 196}).

3. go about, figurative ‎אַהֲרִי לְבַבְכֶם‎ Num 15:39 (P); Participle ‎אַנְשֵׁי הַתָּרִים‎ 1Kgs 10:15; 2Chr 9:14, usually merchants (|| ‎סֹחֲרִים רִכְּ לִים‎); Kit, after ᵑ6 2 Chronicles, proposes ‎הֶעָרִים‎ for ‎הַתָּרִים‎ Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיָּתִ֫ירוּ בְּבֵיתאֵֿל‎ Judg 1:23 they made a reconnoisance at Bethel (Vrss disagree, Gie ‎וַיַּחֲנוּ‎, compare GFM); 3 masculine singular ‎יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ‎ ‎צַדִּיק‎ Prov 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 ‎יָסֻר מֵרָעָה‎.

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