דּוּר
dûwr · dure
properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to gyrate (or move in a circle), i.e. to remain
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dwell.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
The doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דּוּר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms