Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5296 - נְעֹרֶת neoreth (tow (for making thread))

Original Word:	נְעֹרֶת
Transliteration:	neoreth
Definition:	tow (for making thread)
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(neh-o'-reth)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

tow

From na'ar; something shaken out, i.e. Tow (as the refuse of flax) -- tow.

see HEBREW na'ar

Englishman's Concordance

1) a strand of flax, tow (as shaken from flax when beaten)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5287
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1388b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נְעֹ֫רֶתnoun femininetow (as shaken off from the flax when beaten; on form compare Ba^{NB 64}); — in simile ׳מְּתִילהַֿנּJudges 16:9a thread of tow (snapping from heat); ׳נIsaiah 1:31 (figurative; as inflammable).

III. נער (√ of following; meaning unknown).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5296. נְעֹ֫רֶת (neoreth) — 2 Occurrences

Judges 16:9
HEB:יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־ הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ
NAS: as a string of tow snaps
KJV: as a thread of tow is broken
INT: snaps A string of tow toucheth fire

Isaiah 1:31
HEB:וְהָיָ֤ה הֶחָסֹן֙ לִנְעֹ֔רֶת וּפֹעֲל֖וֹ לְנִיצ֑וֹץ
NAS: will become tinder, His work
KJV: And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker
INT: will become the strong tinder his work A spark

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