H7793 H7793
Shur — a region on the southwestern border of Canaan near Egypt, associated with wilderness travel and the patriarchal narratives.
A proper noun designating a region in the northeastern Sinai, along the southwestern border of Canaan and the eastern frontier of Egypt. Shur appears in connection with Hagar's flight (Gen 16:7, 'the road to Shur'), Abraham's sojourning territory (Gen 20:1), and the boundary marker for Ishmaelite territory (Gen 25:18). After the Exodus, Israel entered the 'wilderness of Shur' (Exod 15:22). The name may derive from a word meaning 'wall,' possibly referencing an Egyptian line of border fortifications across the Suez isthmus, though this remains debated.
Senses
1. Shur — Shur, a geographic region on the eastern border of Egypt and southwestern edge of Canaan. The consistent transliteration across languages (Spanish 'Shur,' French 'Schur/Shur,' German 'Schur') reflects its status as a fixed proper noun. It functions as both a directional landmark ('the way to Shur,' Gen 16:7) and a wilderness designation ('wilderness of Shur,' Exod 15:22), marking the liminal space between Egypt and the promised land in patriarchal and exodus narratives. 6×
AR["شورَ", "شُور", "شُورَ"]·ben["শূর", "শূরে", "শূরের"]·DE["Schur", "Shur", "nach-Schur"]·EN["Shur"]·FR["Schur", "Shur"]·heb["שור", "שורה"]·HI["शुर", "शुर-के", "शुर-को", "शूर", "शूर-के"]·ID["Shur", "Sur", "Syur", "ke-Syur"]·IT["Shur"]·jav["Sur", "Syur"]·KO["수르의", "술", "슈르로"]·PT["Shur", "Shur;"]·RU["Шур", "Шура", "к-Шуру"]·ES["Shur"]·SW["Shuri", "la-Shuri"]·TR["karşısındaki", "Şur", "Şur'a", "Şur'un"]·urd["شور", "شور-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† III. שׁוּר n.pr.loc. SW. of Palestine, on E. border of Egypt;—Gn 16:7 (J; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳), 20:1 (E), towards Egypt 25:18 (J), 1 S 15:7, שׁ֫וּרָה 27:8; מִדְבַּר־שׁ׳ Ex 15:22 (J).—Often supposed to denote properly the ‘wall’ or line of fortresses, built by Egyptian Kings across isthmus of Suez; but dub.: cf. Dr Hast.DB Shur.