Ur
A written article for Ur is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ur appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Ur
Original word
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אוּר urH218
Where Ur appears in Scripture
וַיָּמָת הָרָן עַל-פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּאֶרֶץ מֽוֹלַדְתּוֹ בְּאוּר כַּשְׂדִּֽים׃
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
וַיִּקַּח תֶּרַח אֶת-אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וְאֶת-לוֹט בֶּן-הָרָן בֶּן-בְּנוֹ וְאֵת שָׂרַי כַּלָּתוֹ אֵשֶׁת אַבְרָם בְּנוֹ וַיֵּֽצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד-חָרָן וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָֽׁם׃
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר הֽוֹצֵאתִיךָ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָתֶת לְךָ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
אֲחִיאָם בֶּן-שָׂכָר הַֽהֲרָרִי אֱלִיפַל בֶּן-אֽוּר׃
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
אַתָּה-הוּא יְהוָה הָֽאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בְּאַבְרָם וְהֽוֹצֵאתוֹ מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים וְשַׂמְתָּ שְּׁמוֹ אַבְרָהָֽם׃
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;