אוּרִים

H224. Urim
אֻרִים noun [masculine] plural region of light, East Isa 24:15 (so Ges MV Ew De Di RV; Lo Hi Kn Che read איים = coasts, so Cdd. ᵐ5; — ᵐ5 mostly omit ᵑ9 in doctrina, thinking of Urim, see BrMP 297).
אוּרִים noun masculine Urim (plural intensive, mostly with article the Urim, and mostly joined with תֻּמִּים q. v.) הֲסִידֶךָ לְאִישׁ וְאוּרֶיךָ תֻּמֶּיךָ Deu 33:8 thy Thummim and thy Urim has the man of thy favour, i.e. the Levite tested at Massah & Meribah; וְהִתֻּמִּים הָאוּרִים were put into the הִמִּשְׁמָּט חשֶׁן of the high priest Exo 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 ׳ח הַמִּשְׁמָּט was given because of decisions made by that which was within it; thus, Eleazar was to inquire of ׳י for Joshua הָאוּרִים בְּמִשְׁמַּט Num 27:21 (P); Saul prayed אוּרִים הָבָה opposed to תֻּמִּים הבה, 1Sa 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 1Sa 28:6; post-exilic Jews reserved difficult questions until there stood up a priest וּלְתֻמִּים לְאוּרִים Ezr 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. 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 1Sa 14:41 where אוּרִים ᵐ5 & תֻּמִּים as object of give, δος = הָבָה; compare הִמִּילוּ 1Sa 14:42, וַיִלָּכֵד 1Sa 14:41 (used of taking by lot 1Sa 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.