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title: נָמֵר — leopard · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָמֵר (5246), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: leopard. BDB 1906: n.m. leopard. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָמֵר

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«נָמֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leopard** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 5246 · **BDB:** נָמֵר

### Glosses

a.leopard (3); leopard (1); of.leopards (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leopard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5246/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. leopard [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5246/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 11:6 leopard;—abs. נ׳ Ho 13:7 + 3 times; pl. נְמֵרִים Hb 1:8; Ct 4:8;—leopard, as spotted Je 13:23, swift Hb 1:8, keen-eyed Je 5:6 (symb. of calamities of Isr.), so Ho 13:7 (sim. of י׳); נ׳ עִם־גְּדִי יִרְבָּ֑ץ Is 11:6 (predict.); הַרֲרֵי נְמֵרִים Ct 4:8 (‖ מְעֹנוֹת אֲרָיוֹת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָמֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5246/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.13.7/)

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וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* and I.became to them like a.lion like a.leopard on a.road I.will.watch

*JPS 1917:* Therefore am I become unto them as a lion; as a leopard will I watch by the way;

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[Jeremiah 13:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.13.23/)

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הֲיַהֲפֹ֤ךְ כּוּשִׁי֙ עוֹר֔וֹ וְנָמֵ֖ר חֲבַרְבֻּרֹתָ֑יו גַּם־אַתֶּם֙ תּוּכְל֣וּ לְהֵיטִ֔יב לִמֻּדֵ֖י הָרֵֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* will he.change? a.Cushite skin his and a.leopard spots its also you you.will.be.able to do.good O.\[those\].accustomed (of).to.do.evil

*JPS 1917:* Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? Then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

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