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title: נֵר — Ner · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵר (5369), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: Ner. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. 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: **Ner** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 5369 · **BDB:** נֵר²

### Glosses

of.Ner (12); Ner (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5369/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5369/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Νηρ: father of Abner 1 S 14:50, 51; 26:5, 14 2 S 2:8, 12; 3:23, 25, 28, 37 1 K 2:5, 32; 1 Ch 26:28. father of Kish 1 Ch 8:33; 9:36, 39.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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/1504/5369/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 14:51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.51/)

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וְקִ֧ישׁ אֲבִֽי־שָׁא֛וּל וְנֵ֥ר אֲבִֽי־אַבְנֵ֖ר בֶּן־אֲבִיאֵֽל׃ס

*Word for word:* and Kish \[was\].the.father of.Saul and Ner the.father of.Abner \[was\].the.son of.Abiel

*JPS 1917:* And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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[2 Samuel 2:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.2.12/)

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וַיֵּצֵא֙ אַבְנֵ֣ר בֶּן־נֵ֔ר וְעַבְדֵ֖י אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֣שֶׁתאִֽישׁ־בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁא֑וּל מִֽמַּחֲנַ֖יִם גִּבְעֽוֹנָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.went.out Abner the.son of.Ner and the.servants of Ish-bosheth the.son of.Saul from Mahanaim to Gibeon

*JPS 1917:* And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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