שור

Aramaic

Verb

שור • (transliteration needed)

1. to jump, to leap

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ו־ר (š-w-r)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

שׁוֹר • (shor) m (plural indefinite שוורים / שְׁוָרִים)

1. ox
   • Tanach, Exodus 23:04, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     כִּי תִפְגַּע שׁוֹר אֹיִבְךָ אוֹ חֲמֹרוֹ תֹּעֶה הָשֵׁב תְּשִׁיבֶנּוּ לוֹ׃

     ki tifgá' shor oyiv-khá o ḥamór-o to'eh hashev tshivennu lo

     If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Bava Kamma 3:11:

     שׁוֹר שֶׁהָיָה רוֹדֵף אַחַר שׁוֹר אַחֵר, וְהֻזַּק, זֶה אוֹמֵר שׁוֹרְךָ הִזִּיק, וְזֶה אוֹמֵר לֹא כִי אֶלָּא בְסֶלַע לָקָה, הַמּוֹצִיא מֵחֲבֵרוֹ עָלָיו הָרְאָיָה.

     Shor she-hayá rodéf aḥár shor aḥér, v-huzzáq, zeh omér shorkhá hizzíq, v-zeh omér lo khi élla v-séla' laqá, ha-motsí me-ḥaver-ó 'aláv ha-r'ayah.

     An ox that had been pursuing another ox so it was injured, if one says "Your ox injured it" and another says "Not so, rather it was hit by a rock," the burden of proof rests upon the claimant.

References

• H7794 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Proper noun

שׁוֹר • (shor) m

1. (astronomy) Taurus (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran)
2. (astrology) Taurus (the zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology))

See also

Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה (Talé)	שׁוֹר (Shor)	תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim)	סַרְטָן (Sartan)
אַרְיֵה (Aryé)	בְּתוּלָה (Betulá)	מאזניים (Moznayim)	עַקְרָב (Akrav)
קַשָּׁת (Kashat)	גְּדִי (Gdi)	דְּלִי (Dli)	דָּגִים (Dagim)

References

• “שור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• שור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he