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title: נָהַר — shine · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָהַר (lemma:נָהַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: shine. BDB 1906: vb. shine, beam. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָהַר

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«נָהַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shine** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:נָהַר · **BDB:** נָהַר²

### Glosses

they.are.radiant (1); they.will.be.radiant (1); you.will.be.radiant (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shine [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d4_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. shine, beam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d4_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. shine, beam (Aramaic) (NH id., especially in deriv.; Assyrian nûru, light, DlHWB 440; Arabic نَهِرٌ daytime, نَهَارٌ day, daytime; Aramaic ܢܗܰܪ shine, נְהַר id.; Palm. נהירא illustrious, e.g. VogPalm. No. 22);— Pf. 2 fs. consec. וְנָהַרְתְּ Is 60:5; 3 pl. נָהָ֑רוּ ψ 34:6;—beam, be radiant, fig. of joy: תִּרְאִי וְנ׳ Is 60:5, הִבִּיטוּ אֵלָיו וְנ׳ ψ 34:6 (read הַבּ׳, וּנְהָרוּ, v. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 Che Bae Du).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָהַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5d4_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 34:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.6/)

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הִבִּ֣יטוּ אֵלָ֣יו וְנָהָ֑רוּ וּ֝פְנֵיהֶ֗ם אַל־יֶחְפָּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* people.look to him and they.are.radiant and faces their not may.they.be.abashed

*JPS 1917:* They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.

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[Isaiah 60:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.60.5/)

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אָ֤ז תִּרְאִי֙ וְנָהַ֔רְתְּ וּפָחַ֥ד וְרָחַ֖ב לְבָבֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־יֵהָפֵ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ הֲמ֣וֹן יָ֔ם חֵ֥יל גּוֹיִ֖ם יָבֹ֥אוּ לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* then you.will.see and you.will.be.radiant and it.will.be.in.awe and it.will.be.enlarged heart your (dm) it.will.be.turned.over on you \[the\].abundance of.\[the\].sea \[the\].wealth of.nations they.will.come to you

*JPS 1917:* Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.

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