inaccessible forest
).
b.
as hiding-place for fugitive
1 S 22:5
; lurking-place of wild beasts
Am 3:4 Mi 5:7 2 K 2:24 Je 5:
6;
12:8 Is 56:9
ψ 50:10
;
80:14
;
104:20
,
cf.
Ez 34:25
(read
Qr
,
v. supr
.)
c.
stripped by voice of
י׳
ψ 29:9
; devoured by fire
Is 9:17
(
סִבְכֵי הַיּ׳
;
fig.
of the people); so in
metaph.
or
sim.
of
י׳
’s judgements
Is 10:18
(
כְּבֹוד יַעְרֹו
,
fig.
of Assyrian),
Je 21:14 Ez 21:
2,
3
(
v. infr
.)
ψ 83:15
.
d.
opp.
כַּרְמֶל
(6)
Is 29:17
;
32:15
; but also
יַעַר כַּרְמִלֹּו
his garden woodland
2 K 19:23
=
Is 37:2
4, and
יַעַר בְּתֹוךְ כַּרְמֶל
Mi 7:14
(secluded and fertile abode for flock,
fig.
of people,
v. Ch
e;
Hi
-
St
thinks of
sacred grove
).
e.
=
thicket
, especially as symbol of desolation
Ho 2:14
;
בָּמֹות יער
6 (overgrown with bushes and trees)
Mi 3:12
=
Je 26:1
8; also
בַּיַּעַר בַּעְרַב
Is 21:13
in the thicket
(or
bushes
, so
VB
)
in Arabia
must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites.
f.
עֲצֵי (ה)יער
trees of the forest
Is 7:2
(in
sim.
),
10:19
(
יַעְרֹו שְׁאָר עֵץ
,
fig.
),
44:14 Ez 15:
2, also
v
6
(
עֵץ היער
),
Ct 2:3
(in
sim.
);
fig.
, as singing before
י׳
ψ 96:12
=
1 Ch 16:3
3,
Is 44:23
(
יער וְכָל־עֵץ בֹּו
).
g.
particular forests are:
יער אפרים
2 S 18:
6, see
אֶפְרַיִם
p. 68
supr.
;
cf.
v
8,
17
(
v.
also
Jos 17:15
,
18
);
יַעַר חָ˜רֶת
1 S 22:5
(
v. supr
.);
יַעַר לְבָנֹון
(
v. supr.
);
יַעַר הַשָּׂדֲה נֶגֶב
and
יַעַר הַנָּגֶב
Ez 21:
2,
3
(
v. supr
.)
fig.
of Judah (land and people);
v.
also
יְעָרִים
infr
.—
שְׂדֵי־יָ˜עַר
ψ 132:6
is a
n.pr.loc.
(but
Bae
thinks appellat. ‘auf waldigem Gefilde’),
v.
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
. On
1 S 14:25
,
26
,
v.
II
.
יער
.—
יעורים
Ez 34:25
K
t, read
יְעָרִים
Q
r,
v. supr.
יער
S
3293
TWOT
888, 889
GK
3623
(
√ of following; meaning dubious;
MV
identif. with I, from roughness and porousness (?) of honeycomb,
cf.
Buhl
)
supr.
supra,
above.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorically.
sim.
simile.
infr.
infra,
below.
opp.
opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with.
Che
T. K. Cheyne.
Hi
F. Hitzig.
St
H. Steiner.
VB
Variorum Bible.
n.pr.loc.
nomen proprium loci,
proper name of place.
Bae
F. Baethgen.
S Strongs Concordance TWOT Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament . GK Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbering system of the NIV Exhaustive Condordance . √ root or stem.
MV Gesenius, Handwörterbuch über das A. T. , edd. F. Mühlau & W. Volck.
II.