STRONGS H3264:
Abbreviations
† I.
יַ֫עַר noun masculine 2 Samuel 18:8 wood, forest, thicket (MI
21 plural
היערן (= proper name, of a location ?); Phoenician
יער and
יר, compare DHM in MV
(10) 983; Aramaic
יַעֲרָא,
wood, thicket; Assyrian
âru Dl
HWB 230, compare Jäger
BAS i, 476) — absolute
יַ֫עַר Isaiah 7:2 +;
יָ֑עַר Micah 3:12 +; with
ה locative
יַעֲרָה Joshua 17:15; construct
יַ֫עַר 2 Samuel 18:6;
יַעְרָהּ Jeremiah 46:23, etc.; plural
יְעָרִים Ezra 2:25 +
4 times (including
Ezekiel 34:25 Qr, so Co);
יְעָרוֺת Psalm 29:9; —
a. wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Joshua 17:15 (with עלה go up to), Joshua 17:18 (J),
Deuteronomy 19:5 (not elsewhere Hexateuch); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺ Jeremiah 10:13 as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מןהֿיערים Ezekiel 39:10 (עצים מןהֿשׂדה in || clause); as producing trees יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים Ecclesiastes 2:6; in designation of Solomon's palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן
1 Kings 7:2 (on structure of this house see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150),
1 Kings 10:17, 21 2 Chronicles 9:16, 20; compare בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַר
Isaiah 22:8; figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵי היער
Isaiah 10:34; כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ Jeremiah 46:23; so
Isaiah 32:19 and יער הַבָּצִו֯ר Zechariah 11:2 (read Kt הַבָּצוּר inaccessible forest).
b. as hiding-place for fugitive 1 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 י׳ Psalm 29:9; devoured by fire Isaiah 9:17 (סִבְכֵי הַיּ׳; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of י׳'s judgements
Isaiah 10:18 (כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ, figurative of Assyria), 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 כַּרְמִלּוֺ his garden woodland 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24, and יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶל Micah 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 יער thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Micah 3:12 = Jeremiah 26:18; also בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַב
Isaiah 21:13 in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites.
f. עֲצֵי (ה)יער trees of the forest Isaiah 7:2 (in simile),
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 י׳ Psalm 96:12 = 1 Chronicles 16:33; Isaiah 44:23 (יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ).
g. particular forests are: יער אפרים 2 Samuel 18:6, see אֶפְרַיִם above; compare 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 18:17 (see also
Joshua 17:15,
18); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת 1 Samuel 22:5 (see above); יַעַר לְבָנוֺן (see above); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר הַנָּגֶב
Ezekiel 21:2;
Ezekiel 21:3 (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also יְעָרִים below — שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַר Psalm 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. — יעורים Ezekiel 34:25 Kt, read יְעָרִים Qr, see above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Deuteronomy
19:5
Joshua
17:15; 17:15; 17:15; 17:18; 17:18
1 Samuel
14:25; 14:26; 22:5; 22:5
2 Samuel
18:6; 18:6; 18:8; 18:17; 18:18
1 Kings
7:2; 10:17; 10:21
2 Kings
2:24; 19:23
1 Chronicles
16:33
2 Chronicles
9:16; 9:20
Ezra
2:25
Psalms
29:9; 29:9; 50:10; 80:14; 83:15; 96:12; 104:20; 132:6
Ecclesiastes
2:6
Song of Songs
2:3
Isaiah
7:2; 7:2; 9:17; 10:18; 10:19; 10:34; 21:13; 22:8; 29:17; 32:15; 32:19; 37:24; 44:14; 44:23; 56:9
Jeremiah
5:6; 10:13; 12:8; 21:14; 26:18; 46:23; 46:23
Ezekiel
15:2; 15:6; 21:2; 21:2; 21:3; 21:3; 34:25; 34:25; 34:25; 39:10
Hosea
2:14
Amos
3:4
Micah
3:12; 3:12; 5:7; 7:14
Zechariah
11:2