כִּיֹּרֹות 1 K 7:40 (but v. infr .), 2 Ch 4:14 ; כִּיֹּרֹת 1 K 7:4 3; כִּיֹּורִים 2 Ch 4:6 ; cstr. כִּיֹּרֹות 1 K 7:3 8;— 1. pot for cooking 1 S 2:14 ( || דּוּד , קַלַּחַת , פָּרוּר ). 2. fire-pot כִּיֹּור אֵשׁ Zc 12:6 ( || לַפִּיד אֵשׁ ; fig. of chiefs of Judah). 3. basin of bronze for washing laver; set on a bronze support
a. before tabernacle Ex 30:18 , 28 ; 31:9 ; 35:16 ; 38:8 ; 39:39 ; 40:7 , 11 , 30 Lv 8:11 (all P ). b. 10 in number, 5 at front corners of temple 1 K 7:30 , 38 ^(×3), 43 2 K 16:17 2 Ch 4:14 , 2 Ch 4:6 ( 1 K 7:40 read הַסִּירֹות as v 45 and || 2 Ch 4:1 1, 16 , so Heb. Codd. Ö É Th Ke Sta Klo al. ) 4. platform or stage of bronze (prob. round, bowl-like in shape) on which, according to Chr, solomon stood and kneeled 2 Ch 6:13 .

כוּר S 3564 TWOT 967b, 968 GK 3929 ] vb. meaning dub. , perhaps bore , or dig , or hew ( Dl Prol . 121 comp. Assyrian kâru , fell trees ( Dl ^{HWB 324}) ) —only Qal Pf. 3 pl. כארו =

כָּארוּ for כָּרוּ ψ 22:17 ( MT כָּאֲרִי , v. אֲרִי ) they have bored ( digged, hewn ) my hands and my feet ( si vera l. ; cf. Vrss De Pe Che Bae al. ; some, however, deriving from כרה in this sense); hence perhaps following.

• [ מְכֹרָה TWOT 968a , מְכוּרָה S 4351 TWOT 1033c GK 4808 ] n.f. origin ( ^i.e. place of digging out? ) — sg. sf. אֶרֶץ מְכוּרָתָם Ez 29:1 4; of a people, persons: pl. sf. בְּאֶרֶץ מְכֻרֹותַיִךְ 21:35 ( || בִּמְקֹום אֲשֶׁר נִבְרֵאת ); of Jerus. , מֵאֶרֶץ הַכְּנַעֲנִי מְכֹרֹתַיִךְ וּמֹלְדֹתַיִךְ 16:3 .

• [ מְכֵרָה S 4380 TWOT 1194d, 968b GK 4839 ] n. [ f. ] prob. the name of a weapon, only pl. sf. כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶם Gn 49:5 weapons of violence are their

מ׳ (other conjectures v. in Di ).

• כֹּ˜ורֶשׁ S 3566 GK 3931 and ( Ezr 1:1 , 2 ) כֹּ˜רֶשׁ n.pr.m. Cyrus

( Pers. K˒ur˒u ( š ), Spieg ^{APK 215}; Bab. Kuraš COT on Ezr 1:1 , Dl in Baer Dn. p. x ) —

Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? Pe J. J. S. Perowne.

Bae F. Baethgen. Pers. Persian. Spieg Altpersische Keilinschriften. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch.

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