The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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נוּר‏ n.f.(m.) fire

fire Com. Dan3:11 : אַתּוּן נוּרָא יָקִדְתָּא‏ the furnace of burning fire. 4QEnGiants^b06.9 : לשנין די נור‏ "tongues" of fire. PJ Gen15:17 : חמא אברם גיהינם מסיק תננא וגומרין דאשא ומבעיר שביבין דנור למידן ביה רשיעיא‏ Abram saw Gehenna emitting smoke and fiery embers and burning flames of fire in which to judge the wicked.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 345a; DJBA: 738b; Jastrow: 890; Levy Ch-W: 2:99; Tal Sam: 512; Cook,Qumran: 154;

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Derivatives:

nyr vb. D to put to fire

mnr n.m. lampstand

mnrh, mnrtˀ (mənārā, mənārtā) n.f. lampstand

ˀnhwry n.m.pl. illumination