--- title: יַעַר — wood · The Tanakh dictionary description: יַעַר (3293), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 56 times: wood. BDB 1906: n.m. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3293/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 18:8 wood, forest, thicket (MI21 pl. היערן (= n.pr.loc.?); Ph. יער and יר, cf. DHM in MV(10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא, ܝܰܥܪܳܐ wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, cf. JägerBAS i, 476)—abs. יַ֫עַר Is 7:2 +; יָ֑עַר Mi 3:12 +; c. ה loc. יַעֲרָה Jos 17:15; cstr. יַ֫עַר 2 S 18:6; יַעְרָהּ Je 46:23, etc.; pl. יְעָרִים Ezr 2:25 + 4 times (incl. Ez 34:25 Qr, so Co); יְעָרוֹת ψ 29:9;— wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Jos 17:15 (c. עלה go up to), v 18 (J), Dt 19:5 (not elsewhere Hex); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כִּרָתוֹ Je 10:3 as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מן־היערים Ez 39:10 (עצים מן־השׂדה in ‖ cl.); as producing trees יער צוֹמֵחַ עֵצִים Ec 2:6; in designation of Solomon’s palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן 1 K 7:2 (on structure of this house v. StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150), 10:17, 21 = 2 Ch 9:16, 20; cf. בֵּית הַיָּ֑עַר Is 22:8; fig. of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵי היער Is 10:34; כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ Je 46:23; so Is 32:19 and יער הַבָּצִו֯ר Zc 11:2 (read Kt הַבָּצוּר inaccessible forest). as hiding-place for fugitive 1 S 22:5; lurking-place of wild beasts Am 3:4 Mi 5:7 2 K 2:24 Je 5:6; 12:8 Is 56:9 ψ 50:10; 80:14; 104:20, cf. Ez 34:25 (read Qr, v. supr.) stripped by voice of י׳ ψ 29:9; devoured by fire Is 9:17 (סִבְכֵי הַיּ׳; fig. of the people); so in metaph. or sim. of י׳’s judgements Is 10:18 (כְּבוֹד יַעְרוֹ, fig. of Assyrian), Je 21:14 Ez 21:2, 3 (v. infr.) ψ 83:15. opp. כַּרְמֶל (garden-land) Is 29:17; 32:15; but also יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֹ his garden woodland 2 K 19:23 = Is 37:24, and יַעַר בְּתוֹךְ כַּרְמֶל Mi 7:14 (secluded and fertile abode for flock, fig. of people, v. Che; Hi-St thinks of sacred grove). = thicket, especially as symbol of desolation Ho 2:14; בָּמוֹת יער thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Mi 3:12 = Je 26:18; also בַּיַּעַר בִּעְרַב Is 21:13 in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites. עֲצֵי (ה)יער trees of the forest Is 7:2 (in sim.), 10:19 (שְׁאָר עֵץ יַעְרוֹ, fig.), 44:14 Ez 15:2, also v 6 (עֵץ היער), Ct 2:3 (in sim.); fig., as singing before י׳ ψ 96:12 = 1 Ch 16:33, Is 44:23 (יער וְכָל־עֵץ בּוֹ). particular forests are: יער אפרים 2 S 18:6, see אֶפְרַיִם p. 68 supr.; cf. v 8, 17 (v. also Jos 17:15, 18); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת 1 S 22:5 (v. supr.); יַעַר לְבָנוֹן (v. supr.); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר הַנָּגֶב Ez 21:2, 3 (v. supr.) fig. of Judah (land and people); v. also יְעָרִים infr.—שְׂדֵי־יָ֑עַר ψ 132:6 is a n.pr.loc. (but Bae thinks appellat. ‘auf waldigem Gefilde’), v. קִרְיַת יְעָרִים. On 1 S 14:25, 26, v. ii. יער.—יעורים Ez 34:25 Kt, read יְעָרִים Qr, v. supr. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 56 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (20 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יַעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3293/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 83:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.83.15/) כְּאֵ֥שׁ תִּבְעַר־יָ֑עַר וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט הָרִֽים׃ *Word for word:* like a.fire \[which\].it.burns a.forest and like a.flame \[which\].it.sets.ablaze mountains *JPS 1917:* As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze; [Psalms 80:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.80.14/) יְכַרְסְמֶ֣נָּֽה חֲזִ֣יר מִיָּ֑עַרוְזִ֖יז שָׂדַ֣י יִרְעֶֽנָּה׃ *Word for word:* it eats.it.away wild.boar from.\[the\] forest and moving.creature\[s\] of.\[the\].field it grazes.on.it *JPS 1917:* The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it. - ← previous: [יַעֲקָן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3292.md) - next →: [יַעַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b7_5e8.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-4.md)