hebrew #224 - אוּרִים Urim (part of the high priest's breastplate)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Urim Plur of 'uwr; lights; Urim, the oracular brilliancy of the figures in the high-priest's breastplate -- Urim. see HEBREW 'uwr Englishman's Concordance Urim=“lights” 1) stones kept in a pouch on the high-priest’s breastplate, used in determining God’s decision in certain questions and issues Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: plural of H217 Brown-Driver-Briggsאֻרִיםnoun [masculine] pluralregion of light, East Isaiah 24:15 (so Ges MV Ew De Di RV; Lo Hi Kn Che read איים=coasts, so Cdd. ᵐ5; — ᵐ5 mostly omit ᵑ9in doctrina, thinking of Urim, see BrMP 297). אוּרִיםnoun masculineUrim (plural intensive, mostly with article the Urim, and mostly joined with תֻּמִּים q. v.) תֻּמֶּיךָוְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ הֲסִידֶךָDeuteronomy 33:8thy Thummim and thy Urim has the man of thy favour, i.e. the Levite tested at Massah & Meribah; הָאוּרִים וְהִתֻּמִּים were put into the חשֶׁן הִמִּשְׁמָּט of the high priest Exodus 28:30; Leviticus 8:8 (P); this חשֶׁן (q. v.) was a little bag or pouch worn on breast of high, priest, to hold the Urim & Thummim; the name הַמִּשְׁמָּט׳ח was given because of decisions made by that which was within it; thus, Eleazar was to inquire of ׳י for Joshua בְּמִשְׁמַּט הָאוּרִיםNumbers 27:21 (P); Saul prayed הָבָה אוּרִים opposed to הבה תֻּמִּים, 1 Samuel 14:41ᵐ5, so We Dr (ᵑ0 omits former, and reads תָּמִים in latter); ׳י did not answer Saul בָּאוּרִים or by dreams or prophets 1 Samuel 28:6; post-exilic Jews reserved difficult questions until there stood up a priest לְאוּרִים וּלְתֻמִּיםEzra 2:63; Nehemiah 7:65 (here alone without article) These passages give little information; ᵐ5δήλωσις καὶ ἀλήθεια, ᵑ9doctrina et veritas, Symm φωτισμοὶ καὶ τελεώτητες; JosAnt. iii. 8. 9 thinks of the twelve gems of face of bag as giving decision by shining; PhiloVit. Mos. iii thinks of two small images (׳א & ׳ת), probably embroidered in the cloth of the bag, like oracle-images of Egypt (Diod1,48, 75 AelianVar. Hist.14, 34); EwGeschichte iii, 309; Antiq. 295, of two stones of different colours for sacred lot, on this see Dr 1 Samuel 14:41 where ᵐ5אוּרִים & תֻּמִּים as object of give, δος=הָבָה; compare הִמִּילוּ1 Samuel 14:42, וַיִלָּכֵד1 Samuel 14:41 (used of taking by lot 1 Samuel 10:20; Isaiah 7:14,16); see also We & RSOTJC Lect x. N 4; BährSymbolik, of one thing within bag, a sacred pledge to high priest of the enlightenment & perfection he would receive from ׳י when called to make sacred decisions; KaEx 544 sees the sacred pledge in the twelve sacred gems themselves, that stimulate priest to self-sacrifice & perfect sanctification. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 224. אוּרִים (Urim) — 7 OccurrencesExodus 28:30 Leviticus 8:8 Numbers 27:21 Deuteronomy 33:8 1 Samuel 28:6 Ezra 2:63 Nehemiah 7:65 |