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
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
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
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
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
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[נָעַר] vb. growl;—only Qal Je 51:38 ref
