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zū´ri-el (צוּרי×ל, cuÌ„rı̄'eÌ„l, “my rock is El (God)â€): Prince of the house of Merari ().
The word cūr, “rock,†occurs also in the compound names Elizur (), Zurishaddai (, etc.) and Pedahzur (). Gray, Numbers 6, says that a Sabean name Ṣūri‛addana is found in an inscription said to be of the 8th century BC, or somewhat carrier (Hommel, Ancient Hebrew Tradition, 320), and ברצור, barcūr, in a Zinjirli inscription of the 8th century BC (Panammu Inscr., 1. 1), and that possibly the Old Testament place-name “Beth-zur†should be added (; ; ; ).