כור
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כור¹
- /kur/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Derived from Akkadian 𒆠𒉈 (/kuru/, “crucible, kiln, brazier; log, thick reed; short reed mat, collection of reeds”), likely coined from Sumerian 𒄥 (gur, “a bundle”), hence a place of burning bundles of firewood or tinder. Cognate with Aramaic כּוּרָא (kūrā), Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kūrā), Arabic كُور (kūr), and related to כִּירָה (kirá).
noun כּוּר · kur · כּוּרִים · כּוּר־ · כּוּרֵי־
- A furnace for melting metals. כְּהִתּוּךְ כֶּסֶף בְּתוֹךְ כּוּר כֵּן תֻּתְּכוּ בְתוֹכָהּ […]
- A nuclear reactor.
- Used figuratively. צֹרַף לְבַב הָעֶלֶם בְּכוּר מְשֻׁלָּשׁ
כור²
- /kor/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
From Akkadian 𒄥 (/kurru/), from Sumerian 𒄥 (GUR, “a bundle of barley; standard unit of capacity”). Cognate with Aramaic כּוֹרָא (kōrā, “a dry measure”), Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kōrā, “a dry measure”), Arabic كُرّ (kurr, “a dry measure; payment of six donkeys”).
noun כּוֹר · kor · כּוֹרִים · כּוֹר־ · כּוֹרֵי־ · כֹּר
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A biblical measure of weight equal to 10 ephah.
וַיְהִי לֶחֶם־שְׁלֹמֹה לְיוֹם אֶחָד שְׁלֹשִׁים כֹּר סֹלֶת וְשִׁשִּׁים כֹּר קָמַח׃
Similar: חוֹמֶר
In English
Talk about this word "כור." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A8. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. כור. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A8 "כור." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A8.Cite this
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title = {כור},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%A8},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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