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Quranic Hor PDF
Quranic Hor PDF
The root ( חררhrr II) is not used in the Bible but in cognate languages it
consistently means to be or become free.
In extant Hebrew it yields the one derivation: the masculine noun”حور “ חר
(hor), meaning noble or nobleman. This word occurs only in the plural —
( חריםhorim) — to denote a social status (1 Kings 21:8, Jeremiah 39:6).
However, the same Hebrew root was transferred to Arabic language and
the popular Quranic word HOR “ ”حورis derived from the same Arabic root
word, which is interpreted by Muslim scholars as “big eyed beautiful fair
young women” freely available in jannat!
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There are two names “Nahor” also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, derived
from the root ( נחרnahar):
For a meaning of the name Nahor, NOBSE Study Bible Name List
reads Snorting. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names
reads Snorting and Breathing Hard.
Gesenius' Lexicon explains with the original Hebrew text of the
verses, how H5102 NHR נהר نھرis used in the Bible:
Psalms 34:5 (KJV): They looked unto him, and were lightened
and their faces were not ashamed. (They looked to him, and
were shining and their faces-WEBSTER TRANSLATION).
(הביטוThey looked)( אליוunto)( ונהרוhim, and were lightened):
(ופניהםand their faces)( אלwere not)( יחפרו׃ashamed)
Isaiah 2:2 (KJV): And it shall come to pass in the last days,
that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in
the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills;
and all nations shall flow unto it.
(ונהרוshall flow)( אליוunto)( כלand all)( הגוים׃nations)
Isaiah 60:5 (KJV): Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and
thine heart shall fear. ( =ונהרתshall flow together).
Jeremiah 51:44 (KJV): And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I
will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed
up: and the nations shall not flow together.
Micah 4:1 (KJV): But in the last days it shall come to pass, that
the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in
the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills;
and people shall flow unto it.