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title: נְהֹור — light · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: נְהֹור (lemma:נְהֹור), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: light. BDB 1906: n.m. light. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְהֹור

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«נְהֹור» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **light** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:נְהֹור · **BDB:** נְהִיר

### Glosses

the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d4_5b9_5d5_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d4_5b9_5d5_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. light (𝔗 נְהוֹרָא, Syriac ܢܽܘܗܪܳܐ; v. BH II. נהר);—emph. נהירא Kt, נְהוֹרָא Qr (cf. 𝔗 Syriac; NöLCB 1896, 703) Dn 2:22.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נְהֹור» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b0_5d4_5b9_5d5_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.22/)

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ה֛וּא גָּלֵ֥א עַמִּיקָתָ֖א וּמְסַתְּרָתָ֑א יָדַע֙ מָ֣ה בַחֲשׁוֹכָ֔א וּנְהוֹרָ֖א עִמֵּ֥הּ שְׁרֵֽא׃

*Word for word:* he \[is\].revealing (the).deep \[things\] and.(the) hidden \[things\] \[he.is\].knowing what? \[is\].in the darkness and the light with him \[is\].dwelling

*JPS 1917:* He revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him.

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