hebrew #3264 - יָעוֹר yaor (wood )
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance wood A variation of Ya'areshyah; a forest -- wood. see HEBREW Ya'areshyah Englishman's Concordance 1) wood, forest, thicket, wooded height Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a variation of H3298 Same Word by TWOT Number: 888a Brown-Driver-Briggs I. יַ֫עַרnoun masculine2Samuel 18:8wood, forest, thicket (MI21 plural היערן (=proper name, of a location ?); Phoenician יער and יר, compare DHM in MV (10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא,  wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, compare JägerBAS i, 476) — absolute ַ֫ יעַרIsaiah 7:2 +; יָ֑עַרMicah 3:12 +; with ה locative יַעֲרָהJoshua 17:15; construct ַ֫ יעַר2 Samuel 18:6; יַעְרָהּJeremiah 46:23, etc.; plural יְעָרִיםEzra 2:25 4t. (including Ezekiel 34:25 Qr, so Co); יְעָרוֺתPsalm 29:9; — a.wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Joshua 17:15 (with עלהgo up to), Joshua 17:18 (J), Deuteronomy 19:5 (not elsewhere Hexateuch); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺJeremiah 10:13as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מןהֿיעריםEzekiel 39:10 (עצים מןהֿשׂדה in "" clause); as producing trees יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִיםEcclesiastes 2:6; in designation of Solomon's palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן1 Kings 7:2 (on structure of this house see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150), 1 Kings 10:17,21 2Chronicles 9:16,20; compare בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַרIsaiah 22:8; figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵיהיערIsaiah 10:34; כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּJeremiah 46:23; so Isaiah 32:19 and יער הַבָּצִו֯רZechariah 11:2 (read Kt הַבָּצוּרinaccessible forest). b.as hiding-place for fugitive1 Samuel 22:5; lurking-place of wild beasts Amos 3:4; Micah 5:7; 2 Kings 2:24; Jeremiah 5:6; Jeremiah 12:8; Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 80:14; Psalm 104:20, compare Ezekiel 34:25 (read Qr, see above) c.stripped by voice of׳יPsalm 29:9; devoured by fire Isaiah 9:17 (׳סִבְכֵי הַיּ; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ׳יs judgements Isaiah 10:18 (כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ, figurative of Assyr.), Jeremiah 21:14; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:3 (see below) Psalm 83:15. d. opposed to כַּרְמֶל (garden-land) Isaiah 29:17; Isaiah 32:15; but also יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֺhis garden woodland2 Kings 19:23=Isaiah 37:24, and יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶלMicah 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 Hosea 2:14; בָּמוֺת יערthicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Micah 3:12=Jeremiah 26:18; also בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַבIsaiah 21:13in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites. f.עֲצֵי (ה)יערtrees of the forestIsaiah 7:2 (in sim), Isaiah 10:19 (יַעְרוֺ שְׁאָר עֵץ, figurative), Isaiah 44:14; Ezekiel 15:2, also Ezekiel 15:6 (עֵץ היער), Songs 2:3 (in simile); figurative, as singing before ׳יPsalm 96:12=1 Chronicles 16:33; Isaiah 44:23 (יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ). g.particular forests are: יער אפרים2 Samuel 18:6, see אֶפְרַיִם above; compare 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 18:17 (see also Joshua 17:15,18); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת1 Samuel 22:5 (see above); יַעַר לְבָנוֺן (see above); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר הַנָּגֶבEzekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:3 (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also יְעָרִים below — שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַרPsalm 132:6 is a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem Gefilcle'), see קִרְיַת יְעָרִים. On 1 Samuel 14:25,26, see II. יער. — יעוריםEzekiel 34:25 Kt, read יְעָרִים Qr, see above II. יער ( √ of following; meaning dubious; MV identification with I, from roughness and porousness (?) of honeycomb, compare Buhl. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's no occurrences |