נמר TWOT 1372 ( ^√ of foll., meaning dub. ; poss. cp. Assyrian namâru , shine, gleam (from glossy coat of panther and leopard), [ v. Arabic نَمِرٌ ( namirun ) pardus , and limpidus, purus (of water; cf. infr. נמרים )] so Hom ^{NS 294 f.}; ag. this Nö ^ZMG xl (1886), 736 Schwally ^{Idiot. 121}; נָמֵר is comm. Sem.: Assyrian nimru Dl ^{HWB 468}; Arabic نَمِرٌ , نِمْرٌ ( namirun, nimrun ) Lane ²⁸⁵³; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( namr ) Syriac ܢܶܡܪܳܐ ( nemro ), å נִמְרָא ; NH נָמֵר ) .

• נָמֵר S 5246 TWOT 1372a GK 5807 n.m. Is 11:6 leopard ;— abs. נ׳ Ho 13:7 + 3 times; pl. נְמֵרִים Hb 1:8 Ct 4: 8;— leopard , as spotted Je 13:23 , swift Hb 1:8 , keen-eyed Je 5:6 (symb. of calamities of Isr.), so Ho 13:7 ( sim. of י׳ ); נ׳ עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּ˜ץ Is 11:6 (predict.); נְמֵרִים חַרֲרֵי Ct 4:8 ( || מְעֹנֹות אֲרָיֹות ).

• נִמְרָה S 5247 GK 5809 n.pr.loc. place E. of Jordan Nu 32:3 ( + עֲטָרֹות ^, דִּיבֹן , חֶשְׁבֹּון , etc.), Ö Ναµβρα , A Αµβραµ , Ö L Μαµβραν . Perhaps = Tel Nimrîn , c. 6 m. E. of Jordan, nearly opp. Jericho, cf. Buhl ^{Geogr. 264}.— Cf. בֵּית נ׳
( q.v. ), also in NH ( cf. נמרה n.pr.m. Sinait. Inscr. SACook ⁸¹ Lzb ³²³; meaning dub. ; 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 v. RS ^{K 201} also Sab
n.pr. אנמרם Lev y -Os ^l.c., etc.); We ^{Heid. 2, 82} thinks of clear water [ cf. foll.] ) .

נִמְרִים S 5249 GK 5810 n.pr.loc. in Moab ( ^cf. Sab. נמרן attrib. of Barḳ m. , DHM ^ZMG xxix (1875), 592 , v. also CIS ^{iv. No.} 103, p. 169 ; مَﺁءٌ نَمِيرٌ ( ma˒ā˒un namīrun )

Hom F. Hommel, Namen der Säugethiere . Schwally F. Schwally, Idioticon d. Chr. Pal. sim. simile.
n.pr.loc. nomen proprium loci, proper name of place. A Alexandrine MS . of Setpuagint.

Buhl circa., geschichte der Edomiter . SACook Stanley A. Cook; especially circa., Aramaic Glossary. Lzb M. Lidsbarski (v. Ldzb.).

RS W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia; Levy Jacob Levy.

Os E. Osiander.

l.c. in loco citato. We J. Wellhousen, History of Israel (trans. by Black). DHM D. H. Müller.

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