STRONGS H5247:
Abbreviations
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נִמְרָה proper name, of a location place east of Jordan
Numbers 32:3 (+
עֲטָרוֺת,
דִּיבֹן,
חֶשְׁבּוֺן, etc.),
Ναμβρα, A
Αμβραμ,
Μαμβραν. Perhaps =
Tel Nimrîn, approximately 6 miles east of Jordan, nearly opposite Jericho, compare Buhl
Geogr. 264. — compare
בֵּית נ׳ (which see), also in Late Hebrew (compare
נמרה proper name, masculine Sinaitic Inscriptions SACook
81 Lzb
323; meaning dubious; Nö
ZMG xxix (1875), 437 thinks from
spotted or
striped appearance of ground;
place of leopard also Gray
Prop. Names 92 (on tribal names from leopard see RS
K 201 also Sabean proper name
אנמרם Levy-Os
l.c., etc.); We
Heid: 2, 82 thinks of
clear water).
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