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<p> '''''dū´ra''''' ( דּוּרא , <i> '''''dūrā'''''' </i> ): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1 ). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of <i> '''''Douair''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûair''''' </i> , where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue ( <i> Expéd. scientifique en Mésopotamie </i> , I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of [[Babylon]] within the great wall ( <i> '''''dûru''''' </i> ) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated <i> '''''dûr Šu''''' </i> - <i> '''''anna''''' </i> , "the rampart (of the city) Lofty-defense," a name of Babylon. The fact that the plain was within the city of Babylon precludes an identification with the city <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of [[Erech]] (Hommel, <i> Grundriss </i> , 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the [[Septuagint]] substitutes Δεειρά , <i> '''''Deeirá''''' </i> , for Dura, suggesting that the [[Greek]] translators identified it with the [[Babylonian]] <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> , a city which apparently lay toward the [[Elamite]] border. It seems to have been called also <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> , "god's rampart." That it was at some distance is supported by the list <i> WAI </i> , IV, 36 [38, where <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , <i> '''''Tutul''''' </i> and <i> '''''Gudua''''' </i> (Cuthah), intervene between <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> and <i> '''''Tindir''''' </i> (Babylon). "The plain of the <i> '''''dûr''''' </i> " or "rampart" within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering. </p> | <p> '''''dū´ra''''' ( דּוּרא , <i> '''''dūrā'''''' </i> ): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1 ). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of <i> '''''Douair''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûair''''' </i> , where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue ( <i> Expéd. scientifique en Mésopotamie </i> , I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of [[Babylon]] within the great wall ( <i> '''''dûru''''' </i> ) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated <i> '''''dûr Šu''''' </i> - <i> '''''anna''''' </i> , "the rampart (of the city) Lofty-defense," a name of Babylon. The fact that the plain was within the city of Babylon precludes an identification with the city <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of [[Erech]] (Hommel, <i> Grundriss </i> , 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the [[Septuagint]] substitutes Δεειρά , <i> '''''Deeirá''''' </i> , for Dura, suggesting that the [[Greek]] translators identified it with the [[Babylonian]] <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> , a city which apparently lay toward the [[Elamite]] border. It seems to have been called also <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> , "god's rampart." That it was at some distance is supported by the list <i> WAI </i> , IV, 36 [38, where <i> '''''Dûru''''' </i> , <i> '''''Tutul''''' </i> and <i> '''''Gudua''''' </i> (Cuthah), intervene between <i> '''''Dêru''''' </i> or <i> '''''Dûr''''' </i> - <i> '''''ı̂li''''' </i> and <i> '''''Tindir''''' </i> (Babylon). "The plain of the <i> '''''dûr''''' </i> " or "rampart" within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering. </p> | ||
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dū´ra ( דּוּרא , dūrā' ): The name of the plain on which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, set up the great golden image which all his subjects were ordered to worship ( Daniel 3:1 ). Oppert placed it to the Southeast of Babylon, near a small river and mounds bearing the name of Douair or Dûair , where, also, was what seemed to be the base of a great statue ( Expéd. scientifique en Mésopotamie , I, 238 f). Others have believed that name to indicate a portion of the actual site of Babylon within the great wall ( dûru ) of the city - perhaps the rampart designated dûr Šu - anna , "the rampart (of the city) Lofty-defense," a name of Babylon. The fact that the plain was within the city of Babylon precludes an identification with the city Dûru , which seems to have lain in the neighborhood of Erech (Hommel, Grundriss , 264, note 5). It is noteworthy that the Septuagint substitutes Δεειρά , Deeirá , for Dura, suggesting that the Greek translators identified it with the Babylonian Dêru , a city which apparently lay toward the Elamite border. It seems to have been called also Dûr - ı̂li , "god's rampart." That it was at some distance is supported by the list WAI , IV, 36 [38, where Dûru , Tutul and Gudua (Cuthah), intervene between Dêru or Dûr - ı̂li and Tindir (Babylon). "The plain of the dûr " or "rampart" within Babylon would therefore seem to be the best rendering.
