Lexical Definition

‎נְהִיר‎ nᵉhîyr (neh-heere') light ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) or נְהִירוּ nᵉhîyrûw (neh-hee-roo'); (Aramaic), from the same as ‎נְהָרָה‎

light.

• illumination, i.e. (figuratively) wisdom

1) light

See Greek: φῶς

Extended Information

Aramaic of: נָהַר

• illumination, insight
• Aramaic of na.har (‎נ‎ָ‎ה‎ַ‎ר‎ "to shine" נָהַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: נָהַר
[‎נְהִיר‎, ‎נְהוֺר‎] noun masculine light (ᵑ7 ‎נְהוֺרָא‎, Syriac ; see Biblical Hebrew II. ‎נהר‎); — emphatic ‎נהירא‎ Kt, < ‎נְהוֺרָא‎ Qr (compare ᵑ7 Syriac; Nö^{LCB 1896, 703}) Dan 2:22.

‎נַהִירוּ‎ (K^{§§ 16. 5; 61, 4}) noun feminine illumination, insight (Syriac id.); — absolute Dan 5:11; Dan 5:14 (both + ‎שָׂכְלְתָנוּ‎, ‎חָכְמָה‎).

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