Lexical Definition

‎נִמְרָה‎ Nimrâh (nim-raw') Nimrah ^N:N--L
from the same as ‎נָמֵר‎; clear water

Nimrah. See also ‎בֵּית נִמְרָה‎, ‎נִמְרִים‎.

• § Nimrah = "limpid" or "pure"
• Nimrah, a place East of the Jordan

1) a place on the east of the Jordan, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Dead Sea and 3 miles (5 km) east of the Jordan

Extended Information

name of: בֵּית נִמְרָה

• Nimrah = "limpid" or "pure"
• Another name of bet nim.rah (‎ב‎ֵּ‎ית‎ ‎נ‎ִ‎מ‎ְ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "Beth-nimrah" בֵּית נִמְרָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נִמְרָה‎ proper name, of a location place east of Jordan Num 32:3 (+ ‎עֲטָרוֺת‎, ‎דִּיבֹן‎, ‎חֶשְׁבּוֺן‎, etc.), ᵐ5 Ναμβρα, A Αμβραμ, ᵐ5^L Μαμβραν. Perhaps = Tel Nimrîn, approximately 6 miles east of Jordan, nearly opposite Jericho, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 264.} — compare ‎׳‎‎בֵּית נ‎ (q. v.), also in Late Hebrew (compare ‎נמרה‎ proper name, masculine Sinaitic Inscriptions SACook⁸¹ Lzb³²³; meaning dubious; Nö^{ZMG xxix (1875), 437} thinks from spotted or striped appearance of ground; place of leopard also Gray^{Prop. Names 92} (on tribal names from leopard see RS^{K 201} also Sabean proper name ‎אנמרם‎ Levy-Os^{l.c., etc.}); We^{Heid:2, 82} thinks of clear water [compare following]).

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