river , Nu 24:6 (JE), Jb 14:11 ; 40:23 ψ 105:41 (in sim. ), Is 48:18 ( id. ), 59:19 ( id. ) + often; freq. of partic. rivers; r. of Eden Gn 2:10 and its branches v 1 3, 14 (all J );
נְהַר מִצְרַיִם 15:18 ( J ; i.e., si vera l. , the Nile) but read prob. נַחַל מ׳ , whence נהר through infl. of foll. נהר — cf. 2 K 24: 7 —Nö ZMG xl. 1886, 699 (alternat.), Lag BN 140 Ball Hpt; נָהָר of Nile Is 19:5 ; especially of Euphrates נְהַר פְּרָת Gn 15:18 Dt 1:7 (both + הַנּ׳ הַגָּדֹול ) Jos 1:4 + 8 times + 2 S 8:3 ( Qr Ö and || 1 Ch 18: 3; Kt om. פְּרָת ;— cf. also Gn 2:14b supr .); oftener (of Euphr.) without פ׳ : הַנָּהָר κατ᾽ ἐξοχήν , Gn 31:21 Ex 23:31 Nu 22:5 Jos 24: 2, 3 , 14 , 15 (all E ), poss. also Gn 36:37 ( P ; cf. D i) = 1 Ch 1:4 8, + 13 times + 2 S 8:3 Kt ( v. supr. ); and even without art. (poet.) • Is 7:20 Je 2:18 Mi 7:12 Zc 9:10 ψ 72:8 ; הַנּ׳ הַגּ׳ once of Tigris • Dn 10:4 ; • נְהַר גֹוזָן ( חבור ) 2 K 17:6 ; 18:11 cf. 2 Ch 5:26 ; pl. נַהֲרֵי כוּשׁ Zp 3:1 0; perhaps of a canal: נְהַר־כְּבָר Ez 1: 1, 3 + 6 times Ez; הַנָּהָר אַהֲוָא Ezr 8:2 1, נְהַר א׳ v 3 1; cf. נַהֲרֹות בָּבֶל ψ 137:1 ; canals poss. also in שַׁעֲרֵי הַנּ׳ Na 2:7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Ex 7:19 ( || יְאֹרִים etc.), 8:1 ( || id. ). 2. נְהָרֹות ( מִבְּכִי ) Jb 28:11 usually understood of ( underground ) streams; Szold Comm. Jb Gr Monatsschr. 1887, 410 and Perles Analekten. 69 proposes נִבְכֵי נ׳ sources of rivers ( cf. 36:1 6); Wetzst Hoffm Bu מַבְּכֵי נ׳ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning. 3. fig. of י׳ s favour ψ 46:5 .—On נַהֲרַיִם ending appar. du. , v. אֲרַם ; TelAm. Na-ri-ma, Naḫrima ( Wkl TelAm. 40), and Egyptian Nhrina ( WMM As. u. Eur. 249 ff. ) point however to orig. ending ים — ִ ; this inconsistent with view of EMey Gesch. § 180 that יִם — ַ here a locative ending ( cf. Ba § c. Anm. 1 Buhl Ges 12), v. also Di Gn 24:1 0.
נָהַר S 5102 TWOT 1315, 1316 GK 5641, 5642 vb. shine, beam (Aramaic) ( NH id. , especially in deriv.; Assyrian nûru , light , Dl HWB 440; Arabic نَﻩِرٌ ( nahirun ) daytime , نَﻩَارٌ ( nahārun ) day, daytime; Aramaic ܢܗܰܪ ( nhar ) shine , נְהַר id.; Palm. נהירא
illustrious
, e.g.
Vog
Palm. No.
22
)
;—
Qal
Pf.
2
fs. consec.
וְנָהַרְתְּ
Is 60:
5;
3
pl.
נָהָ˜רוּ
ψ 34:6
;—
beam, be radiant
,
fig.
of joy:
תִּרְאִי וְנ׳
Is 60:
5,
הִבִּיטוּ אֵלָיו וְנ׳
ψ 34:6
(read
הַבּ׳
,
וּנְהָרוּ
,
v.
Ö ã É
Che Bae D
u).
Monatsschr. Monatsschrift für Geschichte u. Wissen. d. Judenthums . Perles F. Perles, Analekten.
Wetzst
J. G. Wetzstein
WMM
W. Max Müller,
Asien u. Europa
.
EMey
Eduard Meyer,
Ba
J. Barth.
• II.