עוּר
ur
H5784
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Hebrew
chaff
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Hebrew
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ur denotes the chaff-like material to which the crushed metals are compared in Daniel 2:35.
The sole attested use compares the crushed materials of the image to chaff-like material from summer threshing floors, which the wind carries away in Daniel 2:35.
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Chaff-like material carried away by wind · dominant
In Daniel 2:35, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the comparison after iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold are crushed together; the APB renders the clause "became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away."
In the Anselm Project Bible: In Daniel 2:35, the APB presents the comparison as "like chaff from the summer threshing floors" and says that the wind carried it away. The verse is read as a whole.