עוּרʻûwr

rouse oneself, awake

Pronunciation: oor · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5782

Meanings

Qal: rouse oneself (Job 41:2; Psalms 7:7; Judges 5:12)

Niph`al: be roused (Zechariah 2:17; Jeremiah 6:22; Zechariah 4:1)

Po`el.: rouse, incite (2 Samuel 23:18; Isaiah 10:26; Zechariah 9:13)

Pilpel: usually explained as = יְעַרְעֵ֑רוּ (which some read), rouse (i.e. raise?) a cry of destruction, Pilpel not elsewhere, very dubious; read perhaps יְעוֺרֵ֑רוּ (Isaiah 15:5)

Hithpo`lel: rouse oneself (Job 31:29; Job 17:8; Isaiah 64:6)

Hiph`il

1. rouse, stir up (Zechariah 4:1; Deuteronomy 32:11; Isaiah 45:13)

2. act in an aroused manner, awake, declarative or exhibitive sense (Psalms 35:23; Job 8:6; Psalms 73:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 80 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.
  • Judges 5:12 “Wake up, Deborah, wake up! Wake up, wake up, and sing a song! Arise, Barak! Lead your captives away, son of Abinoam!
  • 2 Samuel 23:18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:26 So the God of Israel caused King Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath-pileser) to invade the land and take away the people of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh as captives. The Assyrians exiled them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:11 Here is the record of David’s mightiest warriors: The first was Jashobeam the Hacmonite, who was leader of the Three—the mightiest warriors among David’s men. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle.
  • 1 Chronicles 11:20 Abishai, the brother of Joab, was the leader of the Thirty. He once used his spear to kill 300 enemy warriors in a single battle. It was by such feats that he became as famous as the Three.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).