Urim - Meaning of Urim

What does Urim mean?

[ syll. u-rim, ur-im ] The baby boy name Urim is pronounced YERIHM †. Urim's language of origin is Hebrew, and it is used mainly in the English and German languages. It is a biblical name derived from the element uri meaning 'light, fire'. The name is known from Urim and Thummim, translated as "lights and perfections" or "revelation and truth", a divination process used by Israelites in revealing the will of God on a contested point of view; it was mentioned in the Old Testament of the Bible when Joshua stood before Eleazar.

See also the related categories, god, light (sun), english, fire, biblical, hebrew, truth, and german.

Urim is infrequently used as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Urim include Jaremi, Jaremy, Jarmon, Jarome, Jaron, Jeroen, Yarin, Yarom, Yarum, Yaryn, Yaryne, Yoram, Yoran, Urano, Urien, Urienn, Urienne, Jaremay, Jurriaan, and Yarymo.

† approx pronunciation for Urim: Y as in "you (Y.UW)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"



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