The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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טוּר‏ n.m. mountain

mountain Com. 4QEn^e1.26.19 : כל טוריא אלן‏ . TgO Gen7:19 : וְאִיתחֲפִיוּ כֹל טוּרַיָא רָמַיָא‏ all the high mountains were covered. TN Num23:9 : בזכות אבהתה צדיקיה דמתילין בטווריה‏ through the merit of the righteous fathers who are compared to the mountains.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 222a; DJBA: 498b; Jastrow: 526; Levy Ch-W: 1:298; Tal Sam: 307; DNWSI: 974; Cook,Qumran: 95;

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Derivatives:

ṭwry (ṭūrāy) adj. mountainous

ngr ṭwr n.m. an unclean bird