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H5246 נָמֵר (nâmêr) naw-mare'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning properly, to filtrate, i.e. be limpid (comp 5247 and 5249); and thus to spot or stain as if by dripping; a leopard (from its stripes)

KJV Usage: leopard

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָמֵר (na.mer) — leopard. leopard Aramaic equivalent: ne.mar (נְמַר "leopard" H5245)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Wild Animals | ≈ אֲרִי · אַרְיֵה · זְאֵב · כְּפִיר

leopard = one of the great cat family of about 2 m in length and of a yellowish brown color with black spots arranged in rosettes all over the body and the tail; ◄ Panthera pardus; ► hunts by stalking prey; ≈ symbol of violent danger

SNG 4:8 · ISA 11:6 · JER 5:6 · JER 13:23 · HOS 13:7

Wild Animals | ≈ זְאֵב

cheetah = one of the great cat family, spotted but slightly smaller and with longer legs than leopards; extremely fast; ◄ Acinonyx jubatus; ► symbol of speed

HAB 1:8

Sarah Lind

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נָמֵר n.m. leopard base

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