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title: יְאֹר — stream of the Nile · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְאֹר (2975), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 65 times: stream of the Nile. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְאֹר

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«יְאֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stream of the Nile** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 65 times · **Key:** 2975 · **BDB:** אֹר

### Glosses

River (27); the.River (15); canals (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stream of the Nile [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2975/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Am 8:8 v. יְאֹר.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְאֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2975/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 7:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.7.25/)

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וַיִּמָּלֵ֖א שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים אַחֲרֵ֥י הַכּוֹת־יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־הַיְאֹֽר׃פ

*Word for word:* and it.was.completed seven days after struck Yahweh (et) the River

*JPS 1917:* And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river.

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[Job 28:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.10/)

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בַּ֭צּוּרוֹת יְאֹרִ֣ים בִּקֵּ֑עַ וְכָל־יְ֝קָ֗ר רָאֲתָ֥ה עֵינֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* in the rocks shafts he.splits.open and every precious.thing it.sees eye his

*JPS 1917:* He cutteth out channels among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.

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