the name ח׳ הַמִּשְׁפָּט was given because of decisions made by that which was within it; thus, Eleazar was to inquire of י׳ for Joshua בְּמִשְׁפַּט הָאוּרִים Nu 27:21 ( P ); Saul prayed הָבָה אוּרִים , opp. הבה תֻּמִּים , 1 S 14:41 Ö , so We Dr ( MT om. former, and reads תָּמִים in latter); י׳ did not answer Saul בָּאוּרִים , or by dreams or prophets 1 S 28:6 ; post-ex. Jews reserved difficult questions until there stood up a priest לְאוּרִים וּלְהֻמִּים Ezr 2:63 Ne 7:65 (here alone without art.) These passages give little information;
Ö δήλωσις καὶ ἀλήθεια , É doctrina et veritas , Sym Φωτισµοὶ καὶ τελειότητες ; Jos Ant. iii, 8, 9 thinks of the twelve gems of face of bag as giving
decision by shining; Philo
Vit. Mos. iii
thinks of two small images (
א׳
&
ת׳
), prob. embroidered in the cloth of the bag, like oracle-images of Egypt (
Diod
I, 48, 75
Aelian
Var. Hist. 14, 34
);
Ew
Gesch. iii, 309;
Antiq.
295
, of two stones of different colours for sacred lot, on this
v. Dr
1 S 14:41
where
Ö
אוּרִים
&
תֻּמִּים
as
obj.
of give,
δός
=
הָבָה
;
cf.
הַפִּילוּ
v
4
2,
וַיִּלָּכֵד
v
41
(used of taking by lot
10:20 Jos 7:14
,
16
);
v.
also
We
&
RS
OTJC Lect x. N 4
;
Bähr
Symbolik, 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; Ka
Ex 544
sees the sacred pledge in the twelve sacred gems themselves, that stimulate priest to self-sacrifice & perfect sanctification.
•
II
.
אוּר
S
217, 218, 224
TWOT
52d
GK
241, 242, 243, 244
n.pr.m.
(
flame)
father of one of David’s heores
1 Ch 11:35
(
III
.
אוּר
n.pr.loc. v. infr
.)—
III.
אוּר
in
אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים
Ur of the Chaldees
Gn 11:2
8,
31
;
15:7 Ne 9:
7.
•
אוּרִי
S
221
GK
247
n.pr.m.
(
fiery, or contr. for אוּרִיָּה
)
1.
prince of Judah
Ex 31:2
;
35:30
;
38:22 1 Ch 2:20 2 Ch 1:
5;
2.
a porter
Ezr 10:24
;
3.
father of an officer of Solomon
1 K 4:19
.
• אוּרִיאֵל S 222 GK 248 n.pr.m. ( flame of Ēl or my light is Ēl , v. אֵל sub אלה ; cf. Ph. ארמלך in Assyrian Urumilki ( Sen Taylor Cylind. ii. 50 , cf. COT 2 K 18:1 3) ) 1.
post-ex.
post-exilic.
Diod
Diodorus Siculus.
Antiq.
H. Ewals, Antiquities
RS
W. Robertson Smith, Old Testament in Jewish Church.
Bähr
K. C. Bähr,
Sybolik des Mosaischen Cultus.
contr.
contract, contracted.
Sen Sennacherib.