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title: נָאַר — abhor · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָאַר (5010), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: abhor. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. abhor, spurn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָאַר

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«נָאַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **abhor** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5010 · **BDB:** נָאַר

### Glosses

he.has.repudiated (1); you.have.repudiated (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

abhor [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5010/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. abhor, spurn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5010/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. only Pi. exact meaning uncertain; prob. (from context) abhor, spurn (De comp. Arabic نار abhor, but this is med. و);— Pf. subj. י׳, נִאֵר La 2:7 (obj. מִקְדָּשׁוֹ; ‖ זָנַח); 2 ms. נֵאַרְתָּה ψ 89:40 (obj. בְּרִית עַבְדְּךָ; ‖ חִלֵּל, and זָנַח, מָאַם v 39; doubts cast on text by Hup (reading נאץ), Now, Bu La 2:7).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָאַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5010/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 89:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.40/)

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נֵ֭אַרְתָּה בְּרִ֣ית עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ חִלַּ֖לְתָּ לָאָ֣רֶץ נִזְרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* you.have.repudiated the.covenant your.servant your you.have.profaned to the ground crown his

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast abhorred the covenant of Thy servant; Thou hast profaned his crown even to the ground.

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[Lamentations 2:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.2.7/)

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זָנַ֨ח אֲדֹנָ֤י ׀ מִזְבְּחוֹ֙ נִאֵ֣ר מִקְדָּשׁ֔וֹ הִסְגִּיר֙ בְּיַד־אוֹיֵ֔ב חוֹמֹ֖ת אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ ק֛וֹל נָתְנ֥וּ בְּבֵית־יְהוָ֖ה כְּי֥וֹם מוֹעֵֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* he.has.rejected Lord \[the\] altar his he.has.repudiated sanctuary his he.has.delivered.up in.\[the\] hand of.an.enemy the.walls its.palaces her voice people.have.given.forth in the.house of.Yahweh like.\[the\] day of.an.appointed.feast

*JPS 1917:* The Lord hath cast off His altar, He hath abhorred His sanctuary, He hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn assembly.

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