יְאֹר, יְאוֺר noun masculine^{Exodus 7:21} stream of the Nile, stream, canal (Egyptian loan-word = Egyptian °iotr, °io°r, watercourse, Coptic eioor, ior; also °iotr±o, °io°r±o, Coptic eiero, iaro, Nile, Steind^{BAs i. 612}; in Assyrian ia°uru, stream, °Iaru°û, river Nile, Id^ib., Hpt^{ib. 171} Jäger^{ib 466}) — absolute הַיְאֹר Genesis 41:1 37t.; הַיְאוֺר Isaiah 19:8; הַיְאֹ֫רָה Exodus 1:22; יְאוֺר Isaiah 19:7 (3 t. in verse) + 2t.; כָּאֹר (err. for כַּיְאֹר) Amos 8:8; construct כִּיאֹר Amos 9:5; כִּיאוֺר Amos 8:8; suffix יְאֹרִי Ezekiel 29:3b (Co יאר, compare Ezekiel 29:9 and ᵑ6 ᵑ7); plural יְאֹרִים Exodus 8:1 4t.; construct יְאֹרֵי Isaiah 7:18 2t.; יְאוֺרֵי 2 Kings 19:24; suffix יְאֹרֶיךָ Ezekiel 29:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 29:5 + Ezekiel 29:4 (strike out ᵐ5 Co) + Ezekiel 29:10 (Co יְאֹרְךָ); יְאֹרָיו Ezekiel 29:3; יְאֹדֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19; Psalm 78:44; —

1 stream of the Nile, river Nile, usually with article Genesis 41:1,2,3 (twice in verse); Genesis 41:18; Exodus 1:22; Exodus 2:3,5 (twice in verse); Exodus 4:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:15,17,18 (3 t. in verse); Exodus 7:20 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:21 (3 t. in verse); Exodus 7:24 (twice in verse); Exodus 7:28; Exodus 8:5; Exodus 8:7; Exodus 17:5 (all J E), Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5; Isaiah 19:7 (3 t. in verse); Isaiah 19:8; Isaiah 23:3 ("" שִׁחֹר), Isaiah 23:10; Jeremiah 46:7,8 (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezekiel 29:3b (read יאר, see above), Ezekiel 29:9; Zechariah 10:11; more fully יְאֹר מִצְרַיִם Amos 8:8; Amos 9:5.

2 plural:

a. Nile-arms, Nile-canals, יְאֹרֵי מִצְרַים Isaiah 7:18; יְאֹרֵי מָצוֺר Isaiah 19:6 ("" נְהָרוֺת), Isaiah 37:25 = 2 Kings 19:24; see also Nahum 3:8; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:1 (both P; "" נְהָרֹת, אֲגַמִּים, etc.), Psalm 78:44 ("" נֹזְלִים), Ezekiel 29:3,4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 29:5,10 + Ezekiel 29:4 ᵑ0 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co), Ezekiel 30:12.

b. watercourses in General, יְאֹרִים רַחֲבֵי יָדָ֑יִם Isaiah 33:21 ("" נְהָרִים; compare Late Hebrew יְאוֺר, late Aramaic יְאוֺרָא).

3 shafts, made in mining Job 28:10 (בַּצּוּרוֺת).

4 יְאֹר, singular, of Tigris, Daniel 12:5 (twice in verse); Daniel 12:6,7 (compare Daniel 10:4).

כָּאֹר Amos 8:8, see יְאֹר.

כבב (√ of following, compare Sta^{§ 116, 3}; meaning not wholly clear; Arabic is roll threads into a ball, ball of thread, but also troop of horses, band of men, etc.; Ethiopic is in orbem circum-sistere, orbis, circulus, etc.; hence perhaps star, as round, or as collected in bands clusters, constellations; Assyrian kabâbu = burn; kabâbê, shields, is written ‡abâbê by Dl^{HWB 578}).