H224. Urim
אֻרִים noun [masculine] plural region of light, East [Isa 24:15] (so Ges MV Ew De Di RV; Lo Hi Kn Che read איים = coasts, so Cdd. ᵐ5; — ᵐ5 mostly omit ᵑ9 in doctrina, thinking of Urim, see BrMP 297).
אוּרִים noun masculine Urim (plural intensive, mostly with article the Urim, and mostly joined with תֻּמִּים q. v.) הֲסִידֶךָ לְאִישׁ וְאוּרֶיךָ תֻּמֶּיךָ [Deut 33:8] thy Thummim and thy Urim has the man of thy favour, i.e. the Levite tested at Massah & Meribah; וְהִתֻּמִּים הָאוּרִים were put into the הִמִּשְׁמָּט חשֶׁן of the high priest [Exod 28:30]; [Lev 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 ׳ח הַמִּשְׁמָּט was given because of decisions made by that which was within it; thus, Eleazar was to inquire of ׳י for Joshua הָאוּרִים בְּמִשְׁמַּט [Num 27:21] (P); Saul prayed אוּרִים הָבָה opposed to תֻּמִּים הבה, [1Sam 14:41] ᵐ5, so We Dr (ᵑ0 omits former, and reads תָּמִים in latter); ׳י did not answer Saul בָּאוּרִים or by dreams or prophets [28:6]; post-exilic Jews reserved difficult questions until there stood up a priest וּלְתֻמִּים לְאוּרִים [Ezra 2:63]; [Neh 7:65] (here alone without article) These passages give little information; ᵐ5 δήλωσις καὶ ἀλήθεια, ᵑ9 doctrina 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 [1Sam 14:41] where אוּרִים ᵐ5 & תֻּמִּים as object of give, δος = הָבָה; compare הִמִּילוּ [14:42], וַיִלָּכֵד [14:41] (used of taking by lot [10:20]; [Isa 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.
אוּר / אוּרִים / אֻרִים
原文音譯：~yrIWa oo-reem’
詞類次數：名詞（7）
原文字根：光
字義溯源：烏陵；意為：光，火焰；為（H217（אוּר）=火焰）的複數，而H217（אוּר）又出自（H215（אֹור）*=使發光）烏陵和土明是放在大祭司決斷的胸牌裏（[出28:30]；[利8:8]）有的聖經學者說，烏陵與土明是二塊方形石，一白一黑，白的表明：是；黑的表明：否；藉此來解答他們在耶和華面前的求問；至於實際情形，不得而知，（[拉2:63]）與（[尼7:65]）不過是說明烏陵與土明在被擄回來後己無可使用了，可能在被擄那一段時日被毀損了。烏陵共用了七次，五次是與土明同時用，二次是單獨用（[民27:21]；[撒上28:6]）
出現次數：總共（7）；出（1）；利（1）；民（1）；申（1）；撒上（1）；拉（1）；尼（1）
譯字彙編：
1）（那）烏陵（3）[出28:30]；[利8:8]；[撒上28:6]；
2）烏陵（2）[拉2:63]；[尼7:65]；
3）（那）烏陵的（1）[民27:21]；
4）和烏陵（1）[申33:8]