STRONGS H4492:
Abbreviations
† [
מִנְהָרָה]
noun feminine dub., only plural
הַמִּנְהָרוֺת אֲשֶׁר בֶּהָרִים Judges 6:2 (+
הַמְּעָרוֺת caves,
הַמְּצָדוֺת strong-hold) — (clearly, si vera lectio, from a check
נהר, but with what meaning? Schu
Job 49 compare Arabic
,
[which means
a place hollowed out by water], and rend.
crevices, ravines, so Thes and others; Ra Ki Wetzst
Hauran, 46 think of caves with a
light-opening; R. Levi ben Gerson
beacons, i.e. towers for fire-signals, GFM; but II.
נהר late in Hebrew;
τρυμαλίας,
antra; Bu thinks
הַמְּעָרוֺת a gloss explaining
הַמִּנ׳).
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