STRONGS H5104:
Abbreviations
נָהָר 120> noun masculineGenesis 2:10 stream, river; — absolute
נ׳ Genesis 2:10 +; construct
נְהַר Deuteronomy 1:7 +; plural
נְהָרִים Isaiah 18:27 +
4 times, construct
נַהֲרֵי Isaiah 18:1 +
2 times; but oftener
נְהָר(וֺ)ת Isaiah 19:6 +
23 times; construct
נַהֲרוֺת 2 Kings 5:12 +
2 times; suffix
נַהֲרוֺהֶיךָ Ezekiel 32:2,
נַהֲרֹתַיִךְ Isaiah 44:27,
נַהֲרֹתֶיהָ Ezekiel 31:4,
15,
נַהֲרֹתָם Exodus 7:19,
נַהֲרוֺתָם Ezekiel 32:2,
14; apparently dual
נַהֲרַיִם Genesis 24:10 +
2 times,
נַהֲרָ֑יִם Judges 3:8 (see below) (all in
אֲרַם נ׳); —
1. stream, river, Numbers 24:6 (JE), Job 14:11; Job 40:23; Psalm 105:41 (in simile), Isaiah 48:18 (id.), Isaiah 59:19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; rivers of Eden Genesis 2:10 and its branches Genesis 2:13; Genesis 2:14 (all J); נְהַר מִצְרַיִם Genesis 15:18 (J; i.e., si vera lectio, the Nile) but read probably נַחַל מ׳, whence נהר through influence of following נהר — compare 2 Kings 24:7 — NöZMG xi.1886, 699 (alternative), LagBN 140 BallHpt; נָהָר of Nile Isaiah 19:5; especially of Euphrates פְּרָת נְהַר Genesis 15:18; Deuteronomy 1:7 (both + הַגָּדוֺל הַנּ׳) Joshua 1:4 + 8 times + 2 Samuel 8:3 (Qr and || 1 Chronicles 18:3; Kt omit פְּרָת; — compare also Genesis 2:14b above); oftener (of Euphrates) without הַנָּהָר ׃פ׳ κατ’ ἐξοχήν, Genesis 31:21; Exodus 23:31; Numbers 22:5; Joshua 24:2, 3, 14, 15 (all E), possibly also Genesis 36:37 (P; compare Di) = 1 Chronicles 1:48, + 13 times + 2 Samuel 8:3 Kt (see above); and even without article (poetry) † Isaiah 7:20; Jeremiah 2:18; Micah 7:12; Zechariah 9:10; Psalm 72:8; הַגּ׳ הַנּ׳ once of Tigris † Daniel 10:4; † נְהַר גוֺזָן (חבור) 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 18:11 compare 2 Chron 5:26; plural נַהֲרֵי בוּשׁ Zephaniah 3:10; perhaps of a canal: נְהַרכְּֿבָר Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 1:3, + 6 times Ezekiel; הַנָּהָר אַהֲלוא Ezra 8:21, נְהַר א׳ Ezra 8:31; compare נַהֲרוֺת בָּבֶל Psalm 137:1; canals possibly also in שַׁעֲרֵי הַנּ׳ Nahum 2:7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt Exodus 7:19 (|| יְאֹרִים etc.), Exodus 8:1 (|| id.).
2. נְהָרוֺת (מִבְּכִי) Job 28:11 usually understood of (underground) streams; SzoldComm. Job GrMonatsschr.1887, 410 and PerlesAnalekten 69 proposes נ׳ נִבְכֵ׳ sources of rivers (compare Job 36:16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu נ׳ מַבְּכֵ׳ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning.
3. figurative of י׳'s favour Psalm 46:5. — On נַהֲרַיִם ending apparently dual, see אֲרַם; Tel Amarna Na-ri-ma, Naḫrima (WklTel Am. 40*), and Egyptian Nhrina (WMMAs. u. Eur. 249ff.) point however to original ending יִ֯ם; this inconsistent with view of EMeyGeschichte. § 180 that יִַ֯ם here a locative ending (compare Ba§ 194 c. Anm. l BuhlGes 12), see also DiGenesis 24:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
2:10; 2:10; 2:10; 2:13; 2:14; 2:14; 15:18; 15:18; 24:10; 24:10; 31:21; 36:37
Exodus
7:19; 7:19; 8:1; 23:31
Numbers
22:5; 24:6
Deuteronomy
1:7; 1:7
Joshua
1:4; 24:2; 24:3; 24:14; 24:15
Judges
3:8
2 Samuel
8:3; 8:3
2 Kings
5:12; 17:6; 18:11; 24:7
1 Chronicles
1:48; 18:3
Ezra
8:21; 8:31
Job
14:11; 28:11; 36:16; 40:23
Psalms
46:5; 72:8; 105:41; 137:1
Isaiah
7:20; 18:1; 19:5; 19:6; 44:27; 48:18; 59:19
Jeremiah
2:18
Ezekiel
1:1; 1:3; 31:4; 31:15; 32:2; 32:2; 32:14
Daniel
10:4
Micah
7:12
Nahum
2:7
Zephaniah
3:10
Zechariah
9:10