Lexical Summary nahar: a stream, river Original Word: נָהָרTransliteration: nahar Phonetic Spelling: (naw-hawr') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: a stream, river Meaning: a stream, prosperity Strong's Concordance flood, river From nahar; a stream (including the sea; expec. The Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity -- flood, river. see HEBREW nahar Brown-Driver-Briggs H5104. nahar נָהָר noun masculineGenesis 2:10 stream, river; — absolute ׳נ 2:10 +; construct נְהַר Deuteronomy 1:7 +; plural נְהָרִים Isaiah 18:27 4t., construct נַהֲרֵי Isaiah 18:1-2t; but oftener נְהָר(וֺ)ת 19:6 23t.; construct נַהֲרוֺת 2 Kings 5:12 2t.; suffix נַהֲרוֺהֶיךָ Ezekiel 32:2, נַהֲרֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 44:27, נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ Ezekiel 31:4, 15, נַהֲרֹתָם Exodus 7:19, נַהֲרוֺתָם Ezekiel 32:2, 14; apparently dual נַהֲרַיִם Genesis 24:10 2t., נַהֲרָ֑יִם Judges 3:8 (see below) (all in נ ׳אֲרַם); — 1 stream, river, Numbers 24:6 (JE), Job 14:11; 40:23; Psalm 105:41 (in simile), Isaiah 48:18 (id.), 59:19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; r. of Eden Genesis 2:10 and its branches 2:13; 2:14 (all J); מִצְרַיִם נְהַר 15:18 (J; i.e., si vera 1., the Nile) but read probably מ ׳נַחַל, whence נהר through influence of following נהר — compare 2 Kings 24:7 — NöZMG xi.1886, 699 (alternative), LagBN 140 BallHpt; נָהָר of Nile Isaiah 19:5; especially of Euphrates מְּרָת נְהַר Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7 (both + ׳הַנּ הַגָּדוֺל) Joshua 1:4 8t. + 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr ᵐ5 and "" 1 Chronicles 18:3; Kt omit מְּרָת; — compare also Genesis 2:14b above); oftener (of Euphrase) without ׃פ ׳הַנָּהָר κατ’ ἐξοχήν, 31:21; Exodus 23:31; Numbers 22:5; Joshua 24:2-3, 14, 15 (all E), possibly also Genesis 36:37 (P; compare Di) = 1 Chronicles 1:48, + 13 t. + 2 Samuel 8:3 Kt (see above); and even without article (poetry) Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 2:18; Micah 7:12; Zechariah 9:10; Psalm 72:8; ׳הַנּ ׳הַגּ once of Tigris Daniel 10:4; גוֺזָן נְהַר (חבור) 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11 compare 2 Chron 5:26; plural בוּשׁ נַהֲרֵי Zephaniah 3:10; perhaps of a canal: נְהַרכְּֿבָר Ezekiel 1:1, 36t. Ezekiel; אַהֲלוא הַנָּהָר Ezra 8:21, א ׳נְהַר 8:31; compare בָּבֶל נַהֲרוֺת Psalm 137:1; canals possibly also in הַנּ ׳שַׁעֲרֵי Nahum 2:7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Exodus 7:19 ("" יְאֹרִים etc.), 8:1 ("" id.). 2 נְהָרוֺת (מִבְּכִי) Job 28:11 usually understood of (underground) streams; SzoldComm. Job GrMonatsschr.1887, 410 and PerlesAnalekten 69 proposes ׳נִבְכֵ ׳נ sources of rivers (compare 36:16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu ׳מַבְּכֵ ׳נ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning. 3 figurative of ׳י s favour Psalm 46:5. — On נַהֲרַיִם ending apparently dual, see אֲרַם; Tel Amarna Na-ri-ma, Na—rima (WklTel Am. 40*), and Egyptian Nhrina (WMMAs.u.Eur.249ff.) point however to original ending יִ֯ם; this inconsistent with view of EMeyGeschichte. § 180 that יִַ֯ם here a locative ending (compare Ba§ 194 c. Anm. l BuhlGes 12), see also DiGenesis 24:10. |