Meaning of the name: fire, light, a valley. Related names are:
Haran,
Terah,
Abram (and others ...)
. The translations of Ur in 4 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
ウル in Japanese to
ウル in Japanese!
And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. (GEN 11:28)
And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. (GEN 11:31)
And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. (GEN 15:7)
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, (1CH 11:35)
Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; (NEH 9:7)