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stuÌ‚r: Used transitively and intransitively to indicate inner, concentrated movement; translates a number of Hebrew and Greek verbs, each of which has its different shade of meaning. Thus, e.g. in , we have ‛aÌ„khar, “to be troubled,†“excitedâ€; in , ‛ur, “to awake,†“disturb†(by the festal dances and songs). In , it stands for Greek anazoÌ„pureÌoÌ„, used of the resuscitation of a flame; in ; , Greek diegeıÌroÌ„, “to awaken from sleep or stuporâ€; in , Greek sugcheÌoÌ„, “to commingle,†vividly portraying the confusion and tumult that resulted; in , Greek parotruÌnoÌ„, “to urge onâ€; , Greek saleuÌoÌ„, “to shake to and fro.â€