Lexical Definition

‎יְאֹר‎ yᵉʼôr (yeh-ore') Nile ^N:N--L
of Egyptian origin

brook, flood, river, stream.

• a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft
• specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches
• also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria

1) river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal
1a) stream, river (Nile)
1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals
1c) watercourses
1d) shafts (mining)
1e) river (in general)

See Greek: ποταμός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְאֹר‎, ‎יְאוֺר‎ noun masculine^{Exod 7:21} stream of the Nile, stream, canal (Egyptian loan-word = Egyptian °iotr, °io°r, watercourse, Coptic eioor, ior; also °iotr±o, °io°r±o, Coptic eiero, iaro, Nile, Steind^{BAs i. 612}; in Assyrian ia°uru, stream, °Iaru°û, river Nile, Id^ib., Hpt^{ib. 171} Jäger^{ib 466}) — absolute ‎הַיְאֹר‎ Gen 41:1 + 37 t.; ‎הַיְאוֺר‎ Isa 19:8 ‎הַיְאֹ֫רָה‎ Exod 1:22 ‎יְאוֺר‎ Isa 19:7 (3 t. in verse) + 2 t.; ‎כָּאֹר‎ (err. for ‎כַּיְאֹר‎) Amos 8:8 construct ‎כִּיאֹר‎ Amos 9:5 ‎כִּיאוֺר‎ Amos 8:8 suffix ‎יְאֹרִי‎ Ezek 29:3b (Co ‎יאר‎, compare vEzek 29:9 and ᵑ6 ᵑ7); plural ‎יְאֹרִים‎ Exod 8:1* + 4 t.; construct ‎יְאֹרֵי‎ Isa 7:18 + 2 t.; ‎יְאוֺרֵי‎ 2Kgs 19:24 suffix ‎יְאֹרֶיךָ‎ Ezek 29:4 (twice in verse); Ezek 29:5 + vEzek 29:4 (strike out ᵐ5 Co) + Ezek 29:10 (Co ‎יְאֹרְךָ‎); ‎יְאֹרָיו‎ Ezek 29:3 ‎יְאֹדֵיהֶם‎ Exod 7:19; Ps 78:44 —

1. stream of the Nile, river Nile, usually with article Gen 41:1; Gen 41:2; Gen 41:3 (twice in verse); Gen 41:18; Exod 1:22; Exod 2:3; Exod 2:5 (twice in verse); Exod 4:9 (twice in verse); Exod 7:15; Exod 7:17; Exod 7:18 (3 t. in verse); Exod 7:20 (twice in verse); Exod 7:21 (3 t. in verse); Exod 7:24 (twice in verse); Exod 7:28*; Exod 8:5*; Exod 8:7*; Exod 17:5 (all J E), Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isa 19:7 (3 t. in verse); Isa 19:8; Isa 23:3 (|| ‎שִׁחֹר‎), vIsa 23:10; Jer 46:7; Jer 46:8 (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezek 29:3b (read ‎יאר‎, see above), vEzek 29:9; Zech 10:11 more fully ‎יְאֹר מִצְרַיִם‎ Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5.

2. plural:
a. Nile-arms, Nile-canals, ‎יְאֹרֵי מִצְרַים‎ Isa 7:18 ‎יְאֹרֵי מָצוֺר‎ Isa 19:6 (|| ‎נְהָרוֺת‎), Isa 37:25 = 2Kgs 19:24 see also Nah 3:8; Exod 7:19; Exod 8:1* (both P; || ‎נְהָרֹת‎, ‎אֲגַמִּים‎, etc.), Ps 78:44 (|| ‎נֹזְלִים‎), Ezek 29:3; Ezek 29:4 (twice in verse); Ezek 29:5; Ezek 29:10 + vEzek 29:4 ᵑ0 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co), Ezek 30:12.
b. watercourses in general, ‎יְאֹרִים רַחֲבֵי יָדָ֑יִם‎ Isa 33:21 (|| ‎נְהָרִים‎; compare Late Hebrew ‎יְאוֺר‎, late Aramaic ‎יְאוֺרָא‎).

3. shafts, made in mining Job 28:10 (‎בַּצּוּרוֺת‎).

4. ‎יְאֹר‎, singular, of Tigris, Dan 12:5 (twice in verse); Dan 12:6; Dan 12:7 (compare Dan 10:4).

‎כָּאֹר‎ Amos 8:8, see ‎יְאֹר‎.

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