urim and thummim

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von urim and thummim im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The sacred devices (not always physical) used for casting lots

/ Should kings and nations from thy mouth consult, / Thy counsel would be as the oracle / Urim and Thummim, those oraculous gems / On Aaron’s breast, or tongue of Seers old / —.

A set of seer stones bound by silver bows into a set of spectacles, that founder Joseph Smith, Jr. said he found on the hill Cumorah and used to interpret the golden plates

Silbentrennung

urim and Thum·mim

Etymologie

() Transcription of Hebrew האורים והתומים. In English Bible translations from the 16th century.