עָגוּר
agur · swallow? crane? (uncertain)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5693 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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agur (עָגוּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “swallow? crane? (uncertain)”.
A bird; the identification is uncertain (crane or swallow).
How to say it
a·gur
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A migrating bird; which one is uncertain.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Isaiah 38:14
Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirped; I moaned like the dove; my eyes grew weak looking on high. Adonai, oppression is on me; be surety for me.
- Jeremiah 8:7
Even the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane keep the time of their coming, but my people do not know the justice of YHWH.