v. Lzb ³²³) ;—only post-exile: חֹדֶשׁ נ׳ Ne 2:1 Est 3:7 ( + הָרִאשֹׁון הַחֹדֶשׁ ), = pre-exile הָאָבִיב ( חֹדֶשׁ ).—On sacredness of Nisan cf. also RS Sem . i. 387; 2d ed. 406 f.

נִיצֹוץ S 5213 TWOT 1405a GK 5773 v. נצץ ^.

נֵיר v. נֵר ^.

• I. [ נִיר S 5214, 5215, 5216 TWOT 1333b, 1360, 1360a GK 5774, 5775, 5776 ] vb. break up, freshly till ;— Qal Imv. mpl. נִ˜ירוּ , c. acc. cogn. נִיר Ho 10:12 Je 4: 3.

• II . נִיר S 5214, 5215, 5216 TWOT 1333b, 1360, 1360a GK 5774, 5775, 5776 n. [ m. ] the tillable, untilled or fallow ground ;— נ׳ abs. as acc. cogn. לָכֶם נִ˜יר נִירוּ Ho 10:12 Je 4:3 till you the untilled ground ( fig. of unaccustomed moral action); cstr. only רָב־אֹכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים Pr 13:23 abundant food (yields) the fallow ground of poor men (i.e. with י׳ ’s blessing).— ^I. נִיר v. נור .

II.

^•[נָכָא S 5217, 5218 TWOT 1362, 1362a GK 5777, 5778 ] vb. smite, scourge ⁽rare Aramaizing form of נָכָה ) ;—only Niph. Pf. 3 pl. מִן־הָאָרֶץ נִכְּאוּ Jb 30:8 they are scourged out of the land .

ניר TWOT 1361 ( ^√ of foll.; cf. NH נִיר , Arabic نِيرٌ ^(nīrun), Syriac ܢܺܝܪ ^(nir) (in Lexx), all = the system of heddles or ‘apparatus [of small cords with loops, or eyes] by wh. the threads of the warp are raised and lowered to make an opening for the passing of the woof’ GFM PAOS Oct. 1889, clxxix. f. ; cf. Assyrian nîru , Syriac ܢܺܝܪ ( nir ), yoke ) .

• [ מָנֹור S 4500 TWOT 1361a GK 4962 ] n.m. beam (prob. round) carrying the heddles (in loom), = Lat. jugum , so GFM l.c. ;—only cstr. in phr. כִּמְנֹור אֹרְגִים beam of weavers 1 S 17:7 2 S 21:19 = 1 Ch 20: 5, 1 Ch 11:23 , all sim. of thick and heavy shaft of spear.