ʾwr

Central Semitic, to be(come) light.

a. Urim and Thummim, from Hebrew ʾûrîm, perhaps plural of ʾûr, flame, light;

b. Uriah, from Hebrew ʾûrîyāh, my light (is) Yahweh, from ûrî, my light, from ûr, light + -î, my (yāh, Yahweh; see hwy). Both a and b from Hebrew ʾôr, to be(come) light.

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