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ZMG xxxvii (1883), 329 ; Arabic ثَوْرٌ ( ṯawrun ), Aramaic תּוֹרָא , ˜˜˜˜˜˜ (tawro); Nab. תורא as n.pr.m. Lzb 384 (Gk. ταῦρος , Lat. taurus , Eng. steer ); Assyrian šûru , Ethiopic ˜˜ ( sor ) ) .

שׁוֹר S 7794 TWOT 2355a GK 880278 n.m. Ne 5:18 a head of cattle , bullock, ox, etc. (often + חֲמוֹר , שֶׂה , etc.);— שׁ׳ abs. Is 1:3 +, cstr. Ex 21:35 +, sf. שׁוֹרוֹ 20:17 + , etc.; pl. שְׁוָרִים Ho 12:1 2;—usually a single head of cattle , without emphasis on sex ( opp. בָקָר coll. Ex 21:37 Nu 7: 3): as property, spoil of war, etc. Ex 20:17 ( E ; Gi v 1 4) = Dt 5:1 8, cf. Dt 5:1 4, Ex 21:33 ( E ) || Dt 22: 4, Ex 21:37 (×2) ( || בָּקָר of five head), 22:3 , 8 , 9 , 29 ; 23:12 (all E ), Dt 22:1 Gn 49:6 (poem in J ), Dt 28:31 Ju 6:4 1 S 12:3 Jb 24: 3; as licking up ( לָחַךְ ) grass Nu 22:4 ( J ), feeding ψ 106:20 (in ref. to golden calf), cf. Is 7:2 5; 32:20 ; lowing Jb 6:5 ; as intelligent Is 1:3 , vicious (goring נָגַח ) Ex 21:28(×3) + 11 times Ex 21 ( E ); used in ploughing Dt 22:10 , threshing 25:4 , cf. Pr 14: 4; drawing wagon Nu 7:3 ( P ; opp. בָּקָר coll .); פְּנֵי שׁ׳ Ez 1:1 0; specif. of male Jb 21:10 ( opp. פָּרָה ), of female Lv 22:28
( H ), perhaps also Nu 18:17 ( P ), appar. generic Dt 15:19 ; 33:17 (poem, fig. ); rarely

Sab. Sabean. Sab.Denkm. Sabäische Denkmäler, edd. Mordmann & Müller . No. number.

DHM D. H. Müller. ZMG Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft. Nab. Nabataean.
n.pr. nomen proprium, proper name. + plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
cstr. construct.
opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with.
coll. collective.

E Elohist. Gi C.D. Gindsburg. v verse.

×2 two times. J Jehovist.

×3 three times. P Priests Code or Narrative. H Code of Holiness.
fig. figurative.


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