Lexical Summary yaor: wood Original Word: יָעוֹרTransliteration: yaor Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ore') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: wood Meaning: a forest Strong's Concordance wood A variation of Ya'areshyah; a forest -- wood. see HEBREW Ya'areshyah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3264. yaor I. יַ֫עַר noun masculine2 Samuel 18:8 wood, forest, thicket (MI21 plural היערן (= proper name, of a location ?); Phoenician יער and יר, compare DHM in MV (10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא, wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, compare JägerBAS i, 476) — absolute יעַר ַ֫ Isaiah 7:2 +; יָ֑עַר Micah 3:12 +; with ה locative יַעֲרָה Joshua 17:15; construct יעַר ַ֫ 2 Samuel 18:6; יַעְרָהּ Jeremiah 46:23, etc.; plural יְעָרִים Ezra 2:25 4t. (including Ezekiel 34:25 Qr, so Co); יְעָרוֺת Psalm 29:9; — a. wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Joshua 17:15 (with עלה go up to), 17:18 (J), Deuteronomy 19:5 (not elsewhere Hexateuch); כְּרָתוֺ מִיַּעַר עֵץ Jeremiah 10:13 as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; מןהֿיערים יחטבו Ezekiel 39:10 (מןהֿשׂדה עצים in "" clause); as producing trees עֵצִים צוֺמֵחַ יער Ecclesiastes 2:6; in designation of Solomon's palace הַלְּבָנוֺן יַעַר בֵּית 1 Kings 7:2 (on structure of this house see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150), 10:17, 21 2 Chronicles 9:16, 20; compare הַיָּ֫עַר בֵּית Isaiah 22:8; figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed היער סִבְכֵי נִקַּף 10:34; יַעְרָהּ כָּֽרְתוּ Jeremiah 46:23; so Isaiah 32:19 and הַבָּצִו֯ר יער Zechariah 11:2 (read Kt הַבָּצוּר inaccessible forest). b. as hiding-place for fugitive 1 Samuel 22:5; lurking-place of wild beasts Amos 3:4; Micah 5:7; 2 Kings 2:24; Jeremiah 5:6; 12:8; Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 50:10; 80:14; 104:20, compare Ezekiel 34:25 (read Qr, see above) c. stripped by voice of ׳י Psalm 29:9; devoured by fire Isaiah 9:17 (הַיּ ׳סִבְכֵי; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ׳יs judgements 10:18 (יַעְרוֺ כְּבוֺד, figurative of Assyr.), Jeremiah 21:14; Ezekiel 21:2; 21:3 (see below) Psalm 83:15. d. opposed to כַּרְמֶל (garden-land) Isaiah 29:17; 32:15; but also כַּרְמִלּוֺ יַעַר his garden woodland 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24, and כַּרְמֶל בְּתוֺךְ יַעַר Micah 7:14 (secluded and fertile abode for flock, figurative of people, see Che; Hi-St thinks of sacred grove). e. = thicket, especially as symbol of desolation Hosea 2:14; יער בָּמוֺת thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Micah 3:12 = Jeremiah 26:18; also בּעֲרַב בַּיַּעַר Isaiah 21:13 in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites. f. (ה)יער עֲצֵי trees of the forest Isaiah 7:2 (in sim), 10:19 (עֵץ שְׁאָר יַעְרוֺ, figurative), 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2, also 15:6 (היער עֵץ), Song of Solomon 2:3 (in simile); figurative, as singing before ׳י Psalm 96:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:33; Isaiah 44:23 (בּוֺ וְכָלעֵֿץ יער). g. particular forests are: אפרים יער 2 Samuel 18:6, see אֶפְרַיִם above; compare 18:18; 18:17 (see also Joshua 17:15, 18); חָ֑רֶת יַעַר 1 Samuel 22:5 (see above); לְבָנוֺן יַעַר (see above); נֶגֶב הַשָּׂדֶה יַעַר and הַנָּגֶב יַעַר Ezekiel 21:2; 21:3 (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also יְעָרִים below — יעַר שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ Psalm 132:6 is a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem Gefilcle'), see יְעָרִים קִרְיַת. On 1 Samuel 14:25-26, see II. יער. — יעורים Ezekiel 34:25 Kt, read יְעָרִים Qr, see above II. יער ( √ of following; meaning dubious; MV identification with I, from roughness and porousness (?) of honeycomb, compare Buhl. |