Lexical Definition

‎יָעוֹר‎ yâʻôwr (yaw-ore') wood ^H:N-M
a variation of ‎יַעֲרֶשְׁיָה‎

wood.

• a forest

1) wood, forest, thicket, wooded height

Extended Information

spelling of: יַעַר

• Another spelling of ya.ar (‎י‎ַ֫‎ע‎ַ‎ר‎ "wood" יַעַר)

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Also see: יַעַר

I. ‎יַ֫עַר‎ noun masculine^{2Sam 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 Dl^{HWB 230}, compare Jäger^{BAS i, 476}) — absolute ‎ַ֫ יעַר‎ Isa 7:2 +; ‎יָ֑עַר‎ Mic 3:12 +; with ‎ה‎ locative ‎יַעֲרָה‎ Josh 17:15 construct ‎ַ֫ יעַר‎ 2Sam 18:6 ‎יַעְרָהּ‎ Jer 46:23, etc.; plural ‎יְעָרִים‎ Ezra 2:25 + 4 t. (including Ezek 34:25 Qr, so Co); ‎יְעָרוֺת‎ Ps 29:9 —
a. wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Josh 17:15 (with ‎עלה‎ go up to), vJosh 17:18 (J), Deut 19:5 (not elsewhere Hexateuch); ‎עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺ‎ Jer 10:13 as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; ‎יחטבו מןהֿיערים‎ Ezek 39:10 (‎עצים מןהֿשׂדה‎ in || clause); as producing trees ‎יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים‎ Eccl 2:6 in designation of Solomon's palace ‎בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן‎ 1Kgs 7:2 (on structure of this house see Sta^{Salomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150}), 1Kgs 10:17; 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:16; 2Chr 9:20 compare ‎בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַר‎ Isa 22:8 figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed ‎נִקַּף סִבְכֵי‎ ‎היער‎ Isa 10:34 ‎כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ‎ Jer 46:23 so Isa 32:19 and ‎יער הַבָּצִו֯ר‎ Zech 11:2 (read Kt ‎הַבָּצוּר‎ inaccessible forest).
b. as hiding-place for fugitive 1Sam 22:5 lurking-place of wild beasts Amos 3:4; Mic 5:7*; 2Kgs 2:24; Jer 5:6; Jer 12:8; Isa 56:9; Ps 50:10; Ps 80:14*; Ps 104:20, compare Ezek 34:25 (read Qr, see above)
c. stripped by voice of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 29:9 devoured by fire Isa 9:17* (‎׳‎‎סִבְכֵי הַיּ‎; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s judgements Isa 10:18 (‎כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ‎, figurative of Assyr.), Jer 21:14; Ezek 21:2*; Ezek 21:3* (see below) Ps 83:15*.
d. opposed to ‎כַּרְמֶל‎ (garden-land) Isa 29:17; Isa 32:15 but also ‎יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֺ‎ his garden woodland 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24, and ‎יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶל‎ Mic 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 Hos 2:14* ‎בָּמוֺת יער‎ thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Mic 3:12 = Jer 26:18 also ‎בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַב‎ Isa 21:13 in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites. feminine ‎עֲצֵי (ה)יער‎ trees of the forest Isa 7:2 (in sim), Isa 10:19 (‎יַעְרוֺ שְׁאָר עֵץ‎, figurative), Isa 44:14; Ezek 15:2, also vEzek 15:6 (‎עֵץ היער‎), Song 2:3 (in simile); figurative, as singing before ‎׳‎‎י‎ Ps 96:12 = 1Chr 16:33; Isa 44:23 (‎יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ‎).
g. particular forests are: ‎יער אפרים‎ 2Sam 18:6, see ‎אֶפְרַיִם‎ above; compare v2Sam 18:18 v2Sam 18:17 (see also Josh 17:15; Josh 17:18); ‎יַעַר חָ֑רֶת‎ 1Sam 22:5 (see above); ‎יַעַר לְבָנוֺן‎ (see above); ‎יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב‎ and ‎יַעַר הַנָּגֶב‎ Ezek 21:2*; Ezek 21:3* (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also ‎יְעָרִים‎ below — ‎שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַר‎ Ps 132:6 is a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem Gefilcle'), see ‎קִרְיַת יְעָרִים‎. On 1Sam 14:25; 1Sam 14:26, see II. ‎יער‎. — ‎יעורים‎ Ezek 34:25 Kt, read ‎יְעָרִים‎ Qr, see above

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