Lexical Definition

‎מִנְהָרָה‎ minhârâh (min-haw-raw') cave ^H:N-F
from ‎נָהַר‎

den.

• properly, a channel or fissure, i.e. (by implication) a cavern

1) crevices, ravines, mountain clefts, den, dugout holes
1a) meaning dubious

See Greek: τρυμαλιά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מִנְהָרָה‎] noun feminine dub., only plural ‎הַמִּנְהָרוֺת אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎בֶּהָרִים‎ Judg 6:2 (+ ‎הַמְּעָרוֺת‎ caves, ‎הַמְּצָדוֺת‎ strong-hold) — (clearly, si vera lectio, from a check ‎נהר‎, but with what meaning? Schu^{Job 49} compare Arabic , [which means a place hollowed out by water], and rend. crevices, ravines, so Thes and others; Ra Ki Wetzst^{Hauran, 46} think of caves with a light-opening; R. Levi ben Gerson beacons, i.e. towers for fire-signals, GFM; but II. ‎נהר‎ late in Hebrew; ᵐ5 τρυμαλίας, ᵑ9 antra; Bu thinks ‎הַמְּעָרוֺת‎ a gloss explaining ‎׳‎‎הַמִּנ‎).

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