H5104. nahar

נָהָר‎ noun masculine^{Genesis 2:10} stream, river; — absolute ׳נ‎ 2:10 +; construct נְהַר‎ Deuteronomy 1:7 +; plural נְהָרִים‎ Isaiah 18:27 4t., construct נַהֲרֵי‎ Isaiah 18:1-2t; but oftener נְהָר(וֺ)ת‎ 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 נ ׳אֲרַם‎); —

1 stream, river, Numbers 24:6 (JE), Job 14:11; 40:23; Psalm 105:41 (in simile), Isaiah 48:18 (id.), 59:19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; r. of Eden Genesis 2:10 and its branches 2:13; 2:14 (all J); מִצְרַיִם נְהַר‎ 15:18 (J; i.e., si vera 1., the Nile) but read probably מ ׳נַחַל‎, 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 מְּרָת נְהַר‎ Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7 (both + ׳הַנּ הַגָּדוֺל‎) 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 ׃פ ׳הַנָּהָר‎ κατ’ ἐξοχήν, 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; ׳הַנּ ׳הַגּ‎ once of Tigris Daniel 10:4; גוֺזָן נְהַר‎ (חבור‎) 2 Kings 17:6; 18:11 compare 2 Chron 5:26; plural בוּשׁ נַהֲרֵי‎ Zephaniah 3:10; perhaps of a canal: נְהַרכְּֿבָר‎ Ezekiel 1:1, 36t. Ezekiel; אַהֲלוא הַנָּהָר‎ Ezra 8:21, א ׳נְהַר‎ 8:31; compare בָּבֶל נַהֲרוֺת‎ Psalm 137:1; canals possibly also in הַנּ ׳שַׁעֲרֵי‎ Nahum 2:7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Exodus 7:19 ("" יְאֹרִים‎ etc.), 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 ׳נִבְכֵ ׳נ‎ sources of rivers (compare 36:16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu ׳מַבְּכֵ ׳נ‎ (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}.