H3264
H3264 — יָעוֹר
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
ya`owr (yaw-ore') n-m.
1. a forest
[a variation of H3298]
KJV: wood.
Root(s): H3298
TWOT
TWOT: 888a
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KJV Renderings
wood.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB3640
I. יַ֫עַר noun masculine 2Sam 18:8 wood, forest, thicket ( MI21 plural היערן (= proper name, of a location ?); Phoenician יער and יר, compare DHM in MV (10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא, [untranscribed source text 2261] wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, compare JägerBAS i, 476) — absolute ַ֫ יעַר Isa 7:2 +; יָ֑עַר Mic 3:12 +; with ה locative יַעֲרָה Josh 17:15 construct ַ֫ יעַר 2Sam 18:6 יַעְרָהּ Jer 46:23, etc.; plural יְעָרִים Ezra 2:25 + 4 t. (including Ezek 34:25 Qr , so Co); יְעָרוֺת Ps 29:9 —
a.
wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Josh 17:15 (with עלה
go up to), Josh 17:18 (
J
), Deut 19:5
(not elsewhere Hexateuch); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺ
Jer 10:13
as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מןהֿיערים
Ezek 39:10
(עצים מןהֿשׂדה in || clause); as producing trees יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים
Eccl 2:6 in
designation of Solomon's palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן
1Kgs 7:2 (on
structure of this house see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150
), 1Kgs 10:17
; 1Kgs
10:21 =
2Chr 9:16;
2Chr 9:20 compare בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַר
Isa 22:8
figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵי
היער
Isa 10:34
כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ
Jer 46:23
so Isa 32:19
and יער הַבָּצִו֯ר
Zech 11:2
(read
Kt
הַבָּצוּר
inaccessible forest).
b. as hiding-place for fugitive 1Sam 22:5
lurking-place of wild beasts Amos 3:4; Mic 5:7; 2Kgs 2:24; Jer 5:6; Jer 12:8; Isa 56:9; Ps 50:10; Ps 80:14; Ps 104:20, compare Ezek 34:25 (read
Qr
, see above)
c. stripped by voice of ׳
י
Ps 29:9
devoured by fire Isa
9:17 (׳
סִבְכֵי הַיּ; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ׳
י's judgements Isa 10:18 (כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ, figurative of Assyr.), Jer 21:14;
Ezek 21:2;
Ezek 21:3
(see below) Ps
83:15.
d. opposed to כַּרְמֶל (garden-land
)
Isa 29:17; Isa 32:15 but also יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֺ
his garden woodland
2Kgs 19:23
= Isa
37:24, and יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶל
Mic 7:14
(secluded and fertile abode for flock, figurative of people, see Che;
Hi-St thinks of
sacred grove).
e. = thicket, especially as symbol of
desolation Hos 2:14
בָּמוֺת יער
thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Mic 3:12 = Jer 26:18 also
בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַב
Isa 21:13
in the thicket (or bushes, so
VB
) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites.
f.
עֲצֵי (ה)יער
trees of the forest
Isa 7:2 (in sim),
Isa 10:19
(יַעְרוֺ שְׁאָר עֵץ, figurative), Isa 44:14; Ezek 15:2, also Ezek 15:6 (עֵץ היער), Song 2:3 (in
simile); figurative, as singing before ׳
י
Ps 96:12 =
1Chr 16:33
; Isa
44:23 (יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ).
g. particular forests are:
יער אפרים
2Sam 18:6,
see
אֶפְרַיִם
above; compare 2Sam 18:18 2Sam 18:17 (see also Josh 17:15; Josh 17:18); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת
1Sam 22:5 (see
above); יַעַר לְבָנוֺן (see above); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר
הַנָּגֶב
Ezek 21:2;
Ezek 21:3
(see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also
יְעָרִים
below — שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַר
Ps 132:6 is
a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem
Gefilcle'), see
קִרְיַת יְעָרִים
. On
1Sam 14:25; 1Sam 14:26, see II.
יער
. — יעורים
Ezek 34:25
Kt
, read יְעָרִים
Qr
, see above