אוּרִים noun masculine Urim (plural intensive, mostly with article the Urim, and mostly joined with תֻּמִּים q. v.) תֻּמֶּיךָ וְאוּרֶיךָ לְאִישׁ הֲסִידֶךָ [Deut 33:8] thy Thummim and thy Urim has the man of thy favour, i.e. the Levite tested at Massah & Meribah; הָאוּרִים וְהִתֻּמִּים were put into the חשֶׁן הִמִּשְׁפָּט of the high priest [Exod 28:30]; [Lev 8:8] (P); this חשֶׁן (q. v.) was a little bag or pouch worn on breast of high, priest, to hold the Urim & Thummim; the name הַמִּשְׁפָּט ׳ח was given because of decisions made by that which was within it; thus, Eleazar was to inquire of ׳י for Joshua בְּמִשְׁפַּט הָאוּרִים [Num 27:21] (P); Saul prayed הָבָה אוּרִים opposed to הבה תֻּמִּים, [1Sam 14:41] ᵐ5, so We Dr (ᵑ0 omits former, and reads תָּמִים in latter); ׳י did not answer Saul בָּאוּרִים or by dreams or prophets [1Sam 28:6] post-exilic Jews reserved difficult questions until there stood up a priest לְאוּרִים וּלְתֻמִּים [Ezra 2:63]; [Neh 7:65] (here alone without article) These passages give little information; ᵐ5 δήλωσις καὶ ἀλήθεια, ᵑ9 doctrina et veritas, Symm φωτισμοὶ καὶ τελεώτητες; JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 3:8»iii. 8. 9 thinks of the twelve gems of face of bag as giving decision by shining; PhiloVit. Mos. iii thinks of two small images (׳א & ׳ת), probably embroidered in the cloth of the bag, like oracle-images of Egypt (Diod1,48, 75 AelianVar. Hist.14, 34); EwGeschichte iii, 309; Antiq. 295, of two stones of different colours for sacred lot, on this see Dr [1Sam 14:41] where ᵐ5 אוּרִים & תֻּמִּים as object of give, δος = הָבָה; compare הִפִּילוּ v[1Sam 14:42], וַיִלָּכֵד v[1Sam 14:41] (used of taking by lot [1Sam 10:20]; [Isa 7:14]; [Isa 7:16]); see also We & RSOTJC Lect x. N 4; BährSymbolik, of one thing within bag, a sacred pledge to high priest of the enlightenment & perfection he would receive from ׳י when called to make sacred decisions; KaEx 544 sees the sacred pledge in the twelve sacred gems themselves, that stimulate priest to self-sacrifice & perfect sanctification.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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