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STRONGS NUMBER H2975
Transliteration: yeor
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ore')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: stream (of the Nile), stream, canal
Meaning: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris
Word Summary
yeor: stream (of the Nile), stream, canal
Original Word: יְאֹרTransliteration: yeor
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ore')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: stream (of the Nile), stream, canal
Meaning: Nile -- a channel, a fosse, canal, shaft, the Nile, the Tigris
Strong's Concordance
brook, flood, river, stream Of Egyptian origin; a channel, e.g. A fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria -- brook, flood, river, stream.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2975. yeor
יְאוֺר יְאֹר, noun masculineExodus 7:21 stream of the Nile, stream, canal (Egyptian loan-word = Egyptian °iotr, °io°r, watercourse, Coptic eioor, ior; also °iotr±o, °io°r±o, Coptic eiero, iaro, Nile, SteindBAs i. 612; in Assyrian ia°uru, stream, °Iaru°û, river Nile, Idib., Hptib. 171 Jägerib 466) — absolute הַיְאֹר Genesis 41:1 37t.; הַיְאוֺר Isaiah 19:8; הַיְאֹ֫רָה Exodus 1:22; יְאוֺר Isaiah 19:7 (3 t. in verse) + 2t.; כָּאֹר (err. for כַּיְאֹר) Amos 8:8; construct כִּיאֹר 9:5; כִּיאוֺר 8:8; suffix יְאֹרִי Ezekiel 29:3b (Co יאר, compare 29:9 and ᵑ7 ᵑ6); plural יְאֹרִים Exodus 8:1 4t.; construct יְאֹרֵי Isaiah 7:18 2t.; יְאוֺרֵי 2 Kings 19:24; suffix יְאֹרֶיךָ Ezekiel 29:4 (twice in verse); 29:5 + 29:4 (strike out ᵐ5 Co) + 29:10 (Co יְאֹרְךָ); יְאֹרָיו 29:3; יְאֹדֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19; Psalm 78:44; —
1 stream of the Nile, river Nile, usually with article Genesis 41:1-2, 3 (twice in verse); 41:18; Exodus 1:22; 2:3, 5 (twice in verse); 4:9 (twice in verse); 7:15, 17, 18 (3 t. in verse); 7:20 (twice in verse); 7:21 (3 t. in verse); 7:24 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:28; 8:5; 8:7; 17:5 (all J E), Amos 8:8; 9:5; Isaiah 19:7 (3 t. in verse); 19:8; 23:3 ("" שִׁחֹר), 23:10; Jeremiah 46:7-8, (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezekiel 29:3b (read יאר, see above), 29:9; Zechariah 10:11; more fully מִצְרַיִם יְאֹר Amos 8:8; 9:5.
2 plural:
a. Nile-arms, Nile-canals, מִצְרַים יְאֹרֵי Isaiah 7:18; מָצוֺר יְאֹרֵי 19:6 ("" נְהָרוֺת), 37:25 = 2 Kings 19:24; see also Nahum 3:8; Exodus 7:19; 8:1 (both P; "" אֲגַמִּים נְהָרֹת,, etc.), Psalm 78:44 ("" נֹזְלִים), Ezekiel 29:3-4, (twice in verse); 29:5, 10 + 29:4 ᵑ0 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co), 30:12.
b. watercourses in General, יָדָ֑יִם רַחֲבֵי יְאֹרִים Isaiah 33:21 ("" נְהָרִים; compare Late Hebrew יְאוֺר, late Aramaic יְאוֺרָא).
3 shafts, made in mining Job 28:10 (בַּצּוּרוֺת).
4 יְאֹר, singular, of Tigris, Daniel 12:5 (twice in verse); 12:6-7, (compare 10:4).
כָּאֹר Amos 8:8, see יְאֹר.
כבב (√ of following, compare Sta§ 116, 3; meaning not wholly clear; Arabic is roll threads into a ball, ball of thread, but also troop of horses, band of men, etc.; Ethiopic is in orbem circum-sistere, orbis, circulus, etc.; hence perhaps star, as round, or as collected in bands clusters, constellations; Assyrian kabâbu = burn; kabâbê, shields, is written ‡abâbê by DlHWB 578).