נָהָר noun masculine^{Genesis 2:10} stream, river; — absolute ׳נ Genesis 2:10 +; construct נְהַר Deuteronomy 1:7 +; plural נְהָרִים Isaiah 18:27 4t., construct נַהֲרֵי Isaiah 18:1 2t; but oftener נְהָר(וֺ)ת Isaiah 19:6 23t.; construct נַהֲרוֺת 2 Kings 5:12 2t.; suffix נַהֲרוֺהֶיךָ Ezekiel 32:2, נַהֲרֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 44:27, נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ Ezekiel 31:4,15, נַהֲרֹתָם Exodus 7:19, נַהֲרוֺתָם Ezekiel 32:2,14; apparently dual נַהֲרַיִם Genesis 24:10 2t., נַהֲרָ֑יִם Judges 3:8 (see below) (all in ׳אֲרַם נ); —

1 stream, river, Numbers 24:6 (JE), Job 14:11; Job 40:23; Psalm 105:41 (in simile), Isaiah 48:18 (id.), Isaiah 59:19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; r. of Eden Genesis 2:10 and its branches Genesis 2:13; Genesis 2:14 (all J); נְהַר מִצְרַיִם Genesis 15:18 (J; i.e., si vera 1., the Nile) but read probably ׳נַחַל מ, whence נהר through influence of following נהר — compare 2 Kings 24:7 — Nö^{ZMG xi.1886, 699} (alternative), Lag^{BN 140} Ball^Hpt; נָהָר of Nile Isaiah 19:5; especially of Euphrates נְהַר מְּרָת Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7 (both + הַגָּדוֺל ׳הַנּ) Joshua 1:4 8t. + 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr ᵐ5 and "" 1 Chronicles 18:3; Kt omit מְּרָת; — compare also Genesis 2:14b above); oftener (of Euphrase) without ׳הַנָּהָר ׃פ κατ’ ἐξοχήν, Genesis 31:21; Exodus 23:31; Numbers 22:5; Joshua 24:2,3,14,15 (all E), possibly also Genesis 36:37 (P; compare Di) = 1 Chronicles 1:48, + 13 t. + 2 Samuel 8:3 Kt (see above); and even without article (poetry) Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 2:18; Micah 7:12; Zechariah 9:10; Psalm 72:8; ׳הַגּ ׳הַנּ once of Tigris Daniel 10:4; נְהַר גוֺזָן (חבור) 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 compare 2 Chron 5:26; plural נַהֲרֵי בוּשׁ Zephaniah 3:10; perhaps of a canal: נְהַרכְּֿבָר Ezekiel 1:1,36t. Ezekiel; הַנָּהָר אַהֲלוא Ezra 8:21, ׳נְהַר א Ezra 8:31; compare נַהֲרוֺת בָּבֶל Psalm 137:1; canals possibly also in ׳שַׁעֲרֵי הַנּ Nahum 2:7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Exodus 7:19 ("" יְאֹרִים etc.), Exodus 8:1 ("" id.).

2 נְהָרוֺת (מִבְּכִי) Job 28:11 usually understood of (underground) streams; Szold^{Comm. Job} Gr^{Monatsschr.1887, 410 and} Perles^{Analekten 69} proposes ׳נ ׳נִבְכֵ sources of rivers (compare Job 36:16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu ׳נ ׳מַבְּכֵ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning.

3 figurative of ׳י s favour Psalm 46:5. — On נַהֲרַיִם ending apparently dual, see אֲרַם; Tel Amarna Na-ri-ma, Na—rima (Wkl^{Tel Am. 40}*), and Egyptian Nhrina (WMM^{As.u.Eur.249ff.}) point however to original ending יִ֯ם; this inconsistent with view of EMey^{Geschichte. § 180} that יִַ֯ם here a locative ending (compare Ba^{§ 194 c. Anm. l} Buhl^{Ges 12}), see also Di^{Genesis 24:10}.