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title: נִמְרִים — Nimrim. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נִמְרִים (5249), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Nimrim. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נִמְרִים

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«נִמְרִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Nimrim. Compare** — 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:** 5249 · **BDB:** נִמְרִים

### Glosses

of.Nimrim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Nimrim. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5249/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5249/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Moab (cf. Sab. נמרן attrib. of Barḳm., DHMZMG xxix (1875), 592, v. also CISiv. No. 103, p. 169; مَآءٌ نَمِيرٌ wholesome water Lane2853, also Wel.c.);—only מֵי נִמְרִים Is 15:6 Je 48:34; prob. = Βηνναμαρειμ LagOnom. 284, 33, in Wady Numêre at SE. end of Dead Sea, BuhlGeogr. 272.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נִמְרִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5249/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.6/)

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כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.waters of.Nimrim wastes they.are (dm) it.has.dried.up grass it.has.wasted.away fresh.grass greenery not it.is

*JPS 1917:* For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.

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[Jeremiah 48:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.34/)

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מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן עַד־אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה עַד־יַ֙הַץ֙ נָתְנ֣וּ קוֹלָ֔ם מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ עַד־חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֚י גַּם־מֵ֣י נִמְרִ֔ים לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יִהְיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* from the.cry.of.distress of.Heshbon to Elealeh to Jahaz people.will.give.forth voice their from Zoar to Horonaim Eglath Shelishiyah (dm) also the.waters of.Nimrim (into) wastes they.will.become

*JPS 1917:* From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, a heifer of three years old; for the Waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.

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