torches
(?)
Hom
Südar. Chrest.
128
; Assyrian
tinûru
,
furnace, oven
(
Dl
HWB 711) belongs here according to Jäger
BAS ii. 294)
.
I
.
נֵר
S
5216, 5369
TWOT
1333a, 1333b
GK
5944, 594543
n.m.
Ex 25:37
lamp
;—
נ׳
abs.
Ex 27:20
+,
cstr.
1 S 3:3
+;
sf.
נֵרִי
ψ 18:29
,
•
נֵירִי
||
2 S 22:2
9, etc.;
pl.
נֵרֹות
abs.
Lv 24:4
+;
cstr.
Ex 39:3
7;
sf.
נֵרֹתֶיהָ
Ex 25:37
(×2)
+,
נֵרֹתֵיהֶם
1 Ch 28:15 2 Ch 4:2
0;—
lamp
in shrine at Shiloh
1 S 3:3
; especially of
lamps
in temple
1 K 7:49
+
7 times Ch, and in tabern.
Ex 25:37
(×2) +
15 times
P
;
cf.
in Zech.’s vision
Zc 4:2
(×2) as token of merrymaking
Je 25:10
; used in search
Zp 1:12
,
cf.
(
fig.
)
נֵר י׳ נִשְׁמַת אָדָם
Pr 20:2
7; used in household work
Pr 31:18
;
fig.
of prosperity
נ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל
2 S 21:17
(embodied in David); also
Jb 18:6
;
21:17
;
29:3
ψ 18:29
=
2 S 22:2
9,
ψ 132:17
Pr 13:
9;
20:20
;
24:20
; of God’s word as a guide
ψ 119:105
,
cf.
Pr 6:2
3.
•
II
.
נֵר
S
5216, 5369
TWOT
1333a, 1333b
GK
5944, 5945
n.pr.m.
Ö
Νηρ
:
1.
father of Abner
1 S 14:50
,
51
;
26:5
,
14 2 S 2:
8,
12
;
3:23
,
25
,
28
,
37 1 K 2:
5,
32 1 Ch 26:2
8.
2.
father of Kish
1 Ch 8:33
;
9:36
,
39
.
•
I
.
נִיר
S
5214, 5215, 5216
TWOT
1333b, 1360, 1360a
GK
5774, 5775, 5776
n.
[
m.
]
lamp
;—always
fig.
לְדָוִיד לְמַעַן הֱיֹות־נ׳
1 K 11:3
6, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne;
cf.
15:4 2 K 8:19
=
2 Ch 21:
7;
=
happiness, delight (
cstr.
)
נִר רְשָׁעִים
Pr 21:4
(so
Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wil
d,
> Ew Del SS Frankenb =
II
.
נִיר
sub
I. [
נִיר
]
infr.
).
•
נֵרִיָּהוּ
S
5374
GK
5950
,
נֵרִיָּה
S
5374
GK
5949
n.pr.m.
father of Baruch:
נֵרִיָּהוּ
Je 36:1
4,
32
;
43:6
;
45:1
,
=
father of Seraiah
51:59
;
נֵרִיָּה
32:1
2,
16
;
36:4
,
8
;
43:3
;
Ö
Νηριου
;
cf.
Gray
Prop. N. 294.
Min. Minaean. Hom F. Hommel, Südaraische Chrestomathie . Dl Freidrich Delitzsch, Assyriches Handwörterbuch;
BAS Beiträge zur Assyriologie u. Semit. Sprachwissenschaft , edd. Dl. & Hpt. Buhl Frants Buhl, esp. as editor of eds. 12-14 of Geseniuss Handwörterbuch über das A. T .;
Now W. Nowack. Wild G. Wildeboer. Frankenb W. Frankenberg. Gray G. B. Grau, Hebrew Proper Names.