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Aramaic
Etymology
Related to Arabic ظُرَر (ẓurar), ظِرّ (ẓirr), Hebrew צוּר (tsúr).
Pronunciation
Noun
טוּרָא • (ṭūrā) m (plural טוּרַיּאָ)
- mountain, hill
Tanach, Joshua 2:4, with translation of the New International Version:וּמַיָא תְּקִיפוּ לַחדָּא לַחדָּא עַל אַרעָא וְאִיתחֲפִיאוּ כָּל טוּרַיָא רָמַיָא דִּתחוֹת כָּל שְׁמַיָא- And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered
Inflection
References
“ṭwr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–