I.
כור
TWOT
967
(
√ of foll.; perhaps
be
or
make round
, hence
furnace, pot, basin
, from shape; Arabic
كَارَ
(
kāra
)
wind about
(e.g. a turban),
كَوْرٌ
(
kawrun
)
turn
or
twist
(of turban),
كُورٌ
(
kūrun
)
blacksmith’s fire-place, hornets’
or
bees’ nest
,
كَارَةٌ
(
kāratun
)
bundle;
كُور
(
kūr
) means also a camel’s saddle (or ‘
howdah
’) with its apparatus,
v. Frey Lan
e.
> Thes comp.
Syriac
ܐܶܬܟܰܘܰܪ
(
˒etkawar
)
incaluit
(Lexx.
aestuavit, calefactus est
)
)
.
•
I
. [
כָּר
S
1033
GK
4122
]
n.
[
m.
]
basket-saddle
,
בְּבַר־הַגָּמָל
Gn 31:34
in the camel-basket
, i.e. the basket-saddle of the camel, a sort of palankeen bound upon the saddle proper (
cf.
Kn
in
Di
and reff.) for
basket-saddle
read
<
camel- palankeen;
the palankeen, or tent-like erection, on the saddle (
Burckh
Bedouisns and Wahabys, 266
Doughty
Arab. Des.
i. 437, ii. 304
Lane
Mod. Egyptians (5) ii. 158
al.
), which seems intended here, is distinct from the basket or pannier (in which some women also travelled, Porter
Travels ii. 232
).
II
.
כַּר
v.
in alphabetical order.
• כּוּר S 3564, 3738 TWOT 1033, 967b GK 3928, 3929 n. [ m. ] smelting-pot or furnace
(
Arabic
كُور
(
kūr
);
NH
id.;
Aramaic
id.
,
ܟܽܘܪ
(
kur
); Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
kawr
)
)
—
pot
or
furnace
for smelting metals, but alw. in
metaph.
or
sim.
of human sufferings in punishment or discipline: iron (
fig.
of Egypt as place of bondage)
מִכּ׳ הַבַּרְזֶל
Dt 4:20 Je 11:
4,
מִתֹּוךְ כ׳ הַבּ׳
1 K 8:5
1; gold
כ׳ לַזָּהָב
Pr 17:3
=
27:21
(
||
מַצְרֵף
); various metals
Ez 22:18
,
20
,
22
; once
בְּכוּר עֹ˜נִי
Is 48:10
in a smelting-pot of a affliction
.
כֹּור־עָשָׁן
n.pr.loc.
v.
בּוֹר עָשָׁן
supr.
p. 92b.
•
[
כִּיר
S
3600
TWOT
967c
GK
3968
]
n.
[
m.
]
cooking-furnace
(
Mishn.
כִּירָה
)
— frangible, only
du.
כִּירַיִם
Lv 11:35
(
c.
תַּנּוּר
), perhaps as supporting two pots (
Ki
);
Ö
χυτρόποδες
.
•
כִּיֹּר
, כִּיֹּור
S
3595
TWOT
967d
GK
3963
n.m.
1 K
7,
38
pot, basin
(
NH כִּיֹּור
wash-basin
, so Aramaic
כִּיֹּורָא
)
—
abs.
כִּיֹּר
1 K 7:30
+
8 times;
כִּיֹּור
1 S 2:14
+
5 times;
cstr.
כִּיֹּור
Ex 30:18
+
2 times;
pl. abs.
Frey G. W. Freytag, Lex. Arab.; Burckh J. L. Burckhardt, esp. Id, Travels in Syria, etc. Doughty C. M. Doughty, Travels in Arabia deserta.