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
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. 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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