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title: נֵר — lamp · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵר (5216), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 49 times: lamp. BDB 1906: n.m. lamp. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵר

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«נֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lamp** — 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:** 49 times · **Key:** 5216 · **BDB:** נֵר

### Glosses

lamps (25); a.lamp (7); lamp (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lamp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5216/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. lamp [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5216/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 25:37 lamp;—נ׳ abs. Ex 27:20 +, cstr. 1 S 3:3 +; sf. נֵרִי ψ 18:29, †נֵירִי ‖ 2 S 22:29, etc.; pl. נֵרוֹת abs. Lv 24:4 +; cstr. Ex 39:37; sf. נֵרֹתֶיהָ Ex 25:37(×2) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1 Ch 28:15 2 Ch 4:20;—lamp in shrine at Shiloh 1 S 3:3; especially of lamps in temple 1 K 7:49 + 7 times Ch, and in tabern. Ex 25:37(×2) + 15 times P; cf. in Zech.’s vision Zc 4:2(×2) as token of merrymaking Je 25:10; used in search Zp 1:12, cf. (fig.) נֵר י׳ נִשְׁמַת אָדָם Pr 20:27; used in household work Pr 31:18; fig. of prosperity נ׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 S 21:17 (embodied in David); also Jb 18:6; 21:17; 29:3 ψ 18:29 = 2 S 22:29, ψ 132:17 Pr 13:9; 20:20; 24:20; of God’s word as a guide ψ 119:105, cf. Pr 6:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5216/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 13:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.13.9/)

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אוֹר־צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִשְׂמָ֑ח וְנֵ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].light of.righteous.\[people\] it.rejoices and.\[the\] lamp of.wicked.\[people\] it.is.extinguished

*JPS 1917:* The light of the righteous rejoiceth; but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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[Proverbs 20:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.27/)

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נֵ֣ר יְ֭הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם חֹ֝פֵ֗שׂ כָּל־חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

*Word for word:* the.lamp of.Yahweh \[is.the\].breath of.a.human \[it.is\].searching all \[the\].chambers of.\[the\].belly

*JPS 1917:* The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inward parts.

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