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title: נִיר — break up · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִיר (5214), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: break up. BDB 1906: vb. break up, freshly till. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִיר

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«נִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **break up** — 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:** 5214 · **BDB:** נִיר²

### Glosses

plow (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

break up [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5214/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. break up, freshly till [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5214/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. break up, freshly till;— Imv. mpl. נִ֫ירוּ, c. acc. cogn. נִיר Ho 10:12 Je 4:3.

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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 (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִיר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5214/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.4.3/)

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כִּי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה לְאִ֤ישׁ יְהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְאַֽל־תִּזְרְע֖וּ אֶל־קוֹצִֽים׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Yahweh to the.man of.Judah and to Jerusalem plow for yourselves unplowed.ground and do.not sow to thorns

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up for you a fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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[Hosea 10:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.12/)

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זִרְע֨וּ לָכֶ֤ם לִצְדָקָה֙ קִצְר֣וּ לְפִי־חֶ֔סֶד נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְעֵת֙ לִדְר֣וֹשׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה עַד־יָב֕וֹא וְיֹרֶ֥ה צֶ֖דֶק לָכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* sow (for yourselves (to) righteousness reap (to).a mouth of.loyalty plow (for yourselves unplowed.ground and \[it.is\].time to seek (et) Yahweh until he.will.come and he.will.rain.down righteousness for you

*JPS 1917:* Sow to yourselves according to righteousness, reap according to mercy, break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, till He come and cause righteousness to rain upon you.

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