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title: נָהַר — flow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָהַר (5102), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: flow. BDB 1906: vb. flow, stream. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָהַר

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«נָהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flow** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5102 · **BDB:** נָהַר

### Glosses

they.will.stream (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5102/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. flow, stream [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5102/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. flow, stream (Arabic نَهَرَ, run, flow; perhaps denom. from نَهْرٌ river, and this loan-wd. (cf. Frä285); Assyrian nâru, stream, river, DlHWB 440; Aramaic ܢܰܗܪܳܐ נַהֲרָא river);— Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְנָֽהֲרוּ Is 2:2 + 2 times; Impf. 3 mpl. יִנְהֲרוּ Je 51:44;—flow, stream, only fig.: of restored Isr. streaming אֶל־טוּב י׳ עַל־דָּגָן וגו׳ Je 31:12; nations to (אֶל־) Bel 51:44; to temple-hill at Jerus. Is 2:2 (אֵלָיו) = Mi 4:1 (עָלָיו).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5102/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 51:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.44/)

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וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י עַל־בֵּ֜ל בְּבָבֶ֗ל וְהֹצֵאתִ֤י אֶת־בִּלְעוֹ֙ מִפִּ֔יו וְלֹֽא־יִנְהֲר֥וּ אֵלָ֛יו ע֖וֹד גּוֹיִ֑ם גַּם־חוֹמַ֥ת בָּבֶ֖ל נָפָֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.will.visit.\[judgment\] on Bel in Babylon and I.will.bring.out (et) thing his.swallowed from mouth his and not they.will.stream to him again nations also the.wall of.Babylon it.will.fall

*JPS 1917:* And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up, and the nations shall not flow any more unto him; yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.

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[Micah 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/MIC.4.1/)

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וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית הַיָּמִ֗ים יִ֠הְיֶה הַ֣ר בֵּית־יְהוָ֤ה נָכוֹן֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הֶהָרִ֔ים וְנִשָּׂ֥א ה֖וּא מִגְּבָע֑וֹת וְנָהֲר֥וּ עָלָ֖יו עַמִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be at the.end of the.days it.will.be the.mountain of.the.house of.Yahweh established (in).the chief of the.mountains and \[will.be\].lifted.up it more than.\[the\].hills and they.will.stream to it peoples

*JPS 1917:* But in the end of days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.

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