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H5286 נָעַר (nâʻar) naw-ar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to growl

KJV Usage: yell

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָעַר (na.ar) — to growl. (Qal) to growl

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Sounds | verb qal | ≈ שׁאג

to roar, to growl = action by which animals produce a full, deep, prolonged sound as made by a lion; ≈ associated with aggression, but also with suffering

JER 51:38

verb · נְעֹרֶת

Unsteady | verb qal

to shake off = process by which a tree and its branches are moved by the wind and so lose their dry or withered leaves

ISA 33:9

Unsteady | verb nif, verb hit

to shake off literally: to shake oneself (from something); hence: = action by which humans shake their body in such a way that things covering it fall off

JDG 16:20 · ISA 52:2

Unsteady | verb pi, verb qal ptc.pass, verb nif

to shake, to shake off, to shake out = causative action by which humans, deities, or forces cause an object to shake in such a way that things covering it fall off

NEH 5:13 · NEH 5:13 · NEH 5:13 · JOB 38:13 · PSA 109:23

Move | verb pi

Collocation: נער בַּיָּם

to hurl literally: to shake off (something into the sea); hence: = causative action by which deities cause objects to fall into the sea

EXO 14:27 · PSA 136:15

Stance | verb qal

Collocation: נער כַּפָּיִם

to shake (one's) hands literally: to shake off (one's) palms; hence: = action by which humans make shaking movements with their hands in order to ensure that objects or substances that stick to them fall off; ≈ used in a figurative sense to denote someone's unwillingness to possess things that are not rightfully theirs

ISA 33:15

Reinier de Blois

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָעַר] vb. growl;—only Qal Je 51:38 ref

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