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Genesis 11:28

וַ יָּמָת הָרָן עַל פְּנֵי תֶּרַח אָבִיו בְּ אֶרֶץ מֹולַדְתֹּו בְּ אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים

and Mountain is dying upon the faces448 of Terah his father, in the Earth of his birth-place,449 in Flame of the Chaldeans.450


450

Flame of Chaldeans. Ur is from Strong’s #217 ur, a flame, fire. This itself stems from #215 or, meaning light. Chaldees (or Chaldeans) are part of Babylonia. They are used of Yahweh in judgement in the Prophets.