Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5094 - נְהִיר nhiyr (a light)

Original Word:	נְהִיר
Transliteration:	nhiyr
Definition:	a light
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(neh-heere')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

light

(Aramaic) or nehiyruw (Aramaic) {neh-hee-roo'}; from the same as nharah; illumination, i.e. (figuratively) wisdom -- light.

see HEBREW nharah

Englishman's Concordance

1) light
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the same as H5105
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2853a, 2853b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[נְהִיר, נְהוֺר] noun masculinelight (ᵑ7נְהוֺרָא, Syriac

; see Biblical Hebrew II. נהר); — emphatic נהירא Kt, < נְהוֺרָא Qr (compare ᵑ7 Syriac; Nö^{LCB 1896, 703}) Daniel 2:22.

נַהִירוּ (K^{§§ 16. 5; 61, 4}) noun feminineillumination, insight (Syriac id.); — absolute Daniel 5:11,14 (both + שָׂכְלְתָנוּ, חָכְמָה).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5094. נְהִירָא (nhiyr) — 3 Occurrences

Daniel 2:22
HEB:[וּנְהִירָא כ] (וּנְהֹורָ֖א ק) עִמֵּ֥הּ
NAS: is in the darkness, And the light dwells
KJV: [is] in the darkness, and the light dwelleth
INT: what the darkness light him dwells

Daniel 5:11
HEB:וּבְיוֹמֵ֣י אֲב֗וּךְ נַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה
NAS: of your father, illumination, insight
KJV: of thy father light and understanding
INT: the days of your father illumination insight and wisdom

Daniel 5:14
HEB:אֱלָהִ֖ין בָּ֑ךְ וְנַהִיר֧וּ וְשָׂכְלְתָנ֛וּ וְחָכְמָ֥ה
NAS: of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight
KJV: [is] in thee, and [that] light and understanding
INT: A spirit of the gods illumination insight wisdom

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