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H5287 נָעַר (nâʻar) naw-ar'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root (probably identical with 5286, through the idea of the rustling of mane, which usually accompanies the lion's roar); to tumble about

KJV Usage: shake (off, out, self), overthrow, toss up and down

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

נָעַר (na.ar) — to shake. 1) to shake, shake out or off 1a) (Qal) to shake out, show emptiness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be shaken 1b2) to shake oneself 1c) (Piel) to shake off or out 1d) (Hithpael) to shake oneself

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[נָעַר] vb. shake, shake out or off Qal shake out

Niph. I am shaken out like a locust

Pi. so may God shake utterly out every man from his house

Hithp. shake thyself (free)

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