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title: נְהָרָה — light · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נְהָרָה (5105), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: light. BDB 1906: n.f. light, daylight. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נְהָרָה

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«נְהָרָה» in the Tanakh 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:** 5105 · **BDB:** נְהָרָה

### Glosses

daylight (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5105/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. light, daylight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5105/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. light, daylight (as Aramaic נְהוֹרָא, ܢܽܘܗܪܳܐ m.);—וְאַל־תּוֹפַע עָלָיו נ׳ Jb 3:4 (opp. חֹשֶׁךְ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 «נְהָרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5105/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.4/)

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הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֗וּא יְֽהִ֫י חֹ֥שֶׁךְ אַֽל־יִדְרְשֵׁ֣הוּ אֱל֣וֹהַּ מִמָּ֑עַל וְאַל־תּוֹפַ֖ע עָלָ֣יו נְהָרָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the day (the) that let.it.be darkness not let him.care.for.it God (from) above and not let.it.shine.forth on it daylight

*JPS 1917:* Let that day be darkness; let not God inquire after it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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