Lexical Definition

‎נָעַר‎ nâʻar (naw-ar') to shake ^H:V
a primitive root (probably identical with ‎נָעַר‎, through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar)

shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down.

• to tumble about

1) to shake, shake out or off
1a) (Qal) to shake out, show emptiness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be shaken
1b2) to shake oneself
1c) (Piel) to shake off or out
1d) (Hithpael) to shake oneself

See Greek: ἀποτινάσσω · ἀποτινάσσω · διασκορπίζω · ἐκτείνω · ἐκτινάσσω · ἐξεγείρω · καταστρέφω · σκορπίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [‎נָעַר‎] verb shake, shake out or off (Late Hebrew ‎נָעַר‎ shake, stir up, especially Pi`el, Niph`al; ᵑ7 ‎נְעֹרֶת‎ tow (see below); Arabic , boil, be in violent commotion, be very angry); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎נָעַ֫רְתִּי‎ Neh 5:13 Participle active ‎נֹעֵר‎ Isa 33:9; Isa 33:15 passive Neh 5:13 — shake out, to shew emptiness, ‎׳‎‎חָצְנִי נ‎ Neh 5:13 (symbolic), ‎כַּפָּיו מִתְּמֹךְ בַּשֹּׁחַד‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 33:15 participle shaken out, emptied ‎וָרֵק‎ ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Neh 5:13 (i.e. stripped of possessions); shake off (leaves) Isa 33:9 (compare || clause). Niph`al Perfect 1 singular ‎נַנְעַ֫רְתִּי כָאַרְבֶּה‎ Ps 109:23 I am shaken out like a locust (from fold of a garment; simile of perishing helplessly); compare Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וְיִנָָּֽעֲרוּ רְשָׁעִים מִמֶּ֑נָּה‎ Job 38:13 to seize the corners of the earth that wicked men may be shaken out of it; 1 singular ‎אִנָּעֵר‎ Judg 16:20 I will shake myself (free ? compare Hithpa`el and GFM). Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular jussive ‎יְנַעֵר‎ Neh 5:13 so may God shake utterly out every man from (‎מִן‎) his house, etc.; ‎וַיְנַעֵר‎ Exod 14:27 and ‎׳‎‎י‎ shook off the Egyptian into (‎ב‎) the sea, = Perfect ‎נִעֵר‎ Ps 136:15 (also with accusative + ‎ב‎). Hithpa`el Imperative feminine singular ‎הִתְנַעֲרִי מֵעָפָר‎ Isa 52:2 shake thyself (free), etc. (of personified Zion).

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