ʔwr / Semitic roots

Examples of words with the root ʔwr: Urim and Thummim.

ʔwr

Central Semitic, to be(come) light.

a. Urim and Thummim, from Hebrew ʔûrîm, perhaps plural of ʔûr, flame, light;;
b. Uriah, from Hebrew ʔûrîyāh, my light (is) Yahweh, from ûrî, my light, from ûr, light + -î, my (yāh, Yahweh; see hwy). Both a and b from Hebrew ʔôr, to be(come) light.
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