Lexical Definition

‎נָהָר‎ nâhâr (naw-hawr') River ^H:N-M
from ‎נָהַר‎

flood, river.

• a stream (including the sea
• expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.)
• figuratively, prosperity

1) stream, river
1a) stream, river
1b) (underground) streams

See Greek: ποταμός

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ne.har (‎נ‎ְ‎ה‎ַ‎ר‎ "river" נְהַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נָהָר‎ noun masculine^{Gen 2:10} stream, river; — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Gen 2:10 +; construct ‎נְהַר‎ Deut 1:7 +; plural ‎נְהָרִים‎ Isa 18:27 + 4 t., construct ‎נַהֲרֵי‎ Isa 18:1 + 2 t; but oftener ‎נְהָר(וֺ)ת‎ Isa 19:6 + 23 t.; construct ‎נַהֲרוֺת‎ 2Kgs 5:12 + 2 t.; suffix ‎נַהֲרוֺהֶיךָ‎ Ezek 32:2, ‎נַהֲרֹתַיִךְ‎ Isa 44:27, ‎נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ‎ Ezek 31:4; Ezek 31:15, ‎נַהֲרֹתָם‎ Exod 7:19, ‎נַהֲרוֺתָם‎ Ezek 32:2; Ezek 32:14 apparently dual ‎נַהֲרַיִם‎ Gen 24:10 + 2 t., ‎נַהֲרָ֑יִם‎ Judg 3:8 (see below) (all in ‎׳‎‎אֲרַם נ‎); —

1. stream, river, Num 24:6 (JE), Job 14:11; Job 40:23; Ps 105:41 (in simile), Isa 48:18 (id.), Isa 59:19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; r. of Eden Gen 2:10 and its branches vGen 2:13 vGen 2:14 (all J); ‎נְהַר מִצְרַיִם‎ Gen 15:18 (J; i.e., si vera 1., the Nile) but read probably ‎׳‎‎נַחַל מ‎, whence ‎נהר‎ through influence of following ‎נהר‎ — compare 2Kgs 24:7 — Nö^{ZMG xi.1886, 699} (alternative), Lag^{BN 140} Ball^Hpt; ‎נָהָר‎ of Nile Isa 19:5 especially of Euphrates ‎נְהַר פְּרָת‎ Gen 15:18; Deut 1:7 (both + ‎הַגָּדוֺל‎ ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎) Josh 1:4 + 8 t. + 2Sam 8:3 (Qr ᵐ5 and || 1Chr 18:3 Kt omit ‎פְּרָת‎; — compare also Gen 2:14b above); oftener (of Euphrase) without ‎׳‎‎הַנָּהָר ׃פ‎ κατ’ ἐξοχήν, Gen 31:21; Exod 23:31; Num 22:5; Josh 24:2; Josh 24:3; Josh 24:14; Josh 24:15 (all E), possibly also Gen 36:37 (P; compare Di) = 1Chr 1:48, + 13 t. + 2Sam 8:3 Kt (see above); and even without article (poetry) Isa 7:20; Jer 2:18; Mic 7:12; Zech 9:10; Ps 72:8 ‎׳‎‎הַגּ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַנּ‎ once of Tigris Dan 10:4 ‎נְהַר גוֺזָן‎ (‎חבור‎) 2Kgs 17:6; 2Kgs 18:11 compare 2Chr 5:26 plural ‎נַהֲרֵי בוּשׁ‎ Zeph 3:10 perhaps of a canal: ‎נְהַרכְּֿבָר‎ Ezek 1:1; Ezek 1:3 + 6 t. Ezekiel; ‎הַנָּהָר אַהֲלוא‎ Ezra 8:21, ‎׳‎‎נְהַר א‎ vEzra 8:31 compare ‎נַהֲרוֺת בָּבֶל‎ Ps 137:1 canals possibly also in ‎׳‎‎שַׁעֲרֵי הַנּ‎ Nah 2:7* (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Exod 7:19 (|| ‎יְאֹרִים‎ etc.), Exod 8:1* (|| id.).

2. ‎נְהָרוֺת‎ (‎מִבְּכִי‎) Job 28:11 usually understood of (underground) streams; Szold^{Comm. Job} Gr^{Monatsschr.1887, 410 and} Perles^{Analekten 69} proposes ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎׳‎‎נִבְכֵ‎ sources of rivers (compare Job 36:16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu ‎׳‎‎נ‎ ‎׳‎‎מַבְּכֵ‎ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning.

3. figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ s favour Ps 46:5*. — On ‎נַהֲרַיִם‎ ending apparently dual, see ‎אֲרַם‎; Tel Amarna Na-ri-ma, Na—rima (Wkl^{Tel Am. 40}*), and Egyptian Nhrina (WMM^{As.u.Eur.249ff.}) point however to original ending ‎יִ֯ם‎; this inconsistent with view of EMey^{Geschichte. § 180} that ‎יִַ֯ם‎ here a locative ending (compare Ba^{§ 194 c. Anm. l} Buhl^{Ges 12}), see also Di^{Gen 24:10}.

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