Lexical Definition

‎יַעַר‎ yaʻar (yah'-ar) wood ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure

(honey-) comb, forest, wood.

• a copse of bushes
• hence, a forest
• hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)

1) forest, wood, thicket, wooded height

See Greek: ἀγρός · κηρίον

Extended Information

part of: אֶפְרַיִם

• Combined with eph.ra.yim (‎א‎ֶ‎פ‎ְ‎ר‎ַ֫‎י‎ִ‎ם‎ " of Ephraim" אֶפְרַיִם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎יַ֫עַר‎ noun [masculine] honeycomb, — absolute ‎יַעַר‎ 1Sam 14:25; 1Sam 14:26 suffix ‎יַעְרִי‎ Song 5:1 — honeycomb, containing honey 1Sam 14:25 (where read ‎וְיַעַר הָיָה עַלפְּֿנֵּי הַשָּׂדֶה‎ with ᵐ5 We Dr Kit in Kau^{AT, instead of} see as in MT); ‎וַיָּבוֺא העם אֶלהַֿיַּעַר‎ 1Sam 14:26 (|| ‎דבשׁ‎1Sam 14:25) and when the people came to the honeycomb behold its bees had departed (see ᵐ5 We Dr Kit VB); ‎אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִםדִּֿבְשִׁי‎ Song 5:1 see also I. ‎יַעֲרָה‎.

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