יְאֹר, יְאוֺר noun masculine[Exod 7:21] stream of the Nile, stream, canal (Egyptian loan-word = Egyptian °iotr, °io°r, watercourse, Coptic eioor, ior; also °iotr±o, °io°r±o, Coptic eiero, iaro, Nile, SteindBAs i. 612; in Assyrian ia°uru, stream, °Iaru°û, river Nile, Idib., Hptib. 171 Jägerib 466) — absolute הַיְאֹר [Gen 41:1] + 37 t.; הַיְאוֺר [Isa 19:8] הַיְאֹ֫רָה [Exod 1:22] יְאוֺר [Isa 19:7] (3 t. in verse) + 2 t.; כָּאֹר (err. for כַּיְאֹר) [Amos 8:8] construct כִּיאֹר [Amos 9:5] כִּיאוֺר [Amos 8:8] suffix יְאֹרִי [Ezek 29:3]b (Co יאר, compare v[Ezek 29:9] and ᵑ6 ᵑ7); plural יְאֹרִים [Exod 8:1] + 4 t.; construct יְאֹרֵי [Isa 7:18] + 2 t.; יְאוֺרֵי [2Kgs 19:24] suffix יְאֹרֶיךָ [Ezek 29:4] (twice in verse); [Ezek 29:5] + v[Ezek 29:4] (strike out ᵐ5 Co) + [Ezek 29:10] (Co יְאֹרְךָ); יְאֹרָיו [Ezek 29:3] יְאֹדֵיהֶם [Exod 7:19]; [Ps 78:44] —
1. stream of the Nile, river Nile, usually with article [Gen 41:1]; [Gen 41:2]; [Gen 41:3] (twice in verse); [Gen 41:18]; [Exod 1:22]; [Exod 2:3]; [Exod 2:5] (twice in verse); [Exod 4:9] (twice in verse); [Exod 7:15]; [Exod 7:17]; [Exod 7:18] (3 t. in verse); [Exod 7:20] (twice in verse); [Exod 7:21] (3 t. in verse); [Exod 7:24] (twice in verse); [Exod 7:28]; [Exod 8:5]; [Exod 8:7]; [Exod 17:5] (all J E), [Amos 8:8]; [Amos 9:5]; [Isa 19:7] (3 t. in verse); [Isa 19:8]; [Isa 23:3] (|| שִׁחֹר), v[Isa 23:10]; [Jer 46:7]; [Jer 46:8] (simile of Egyptian invasion), [Ezek 29:3]b (read יאר, see above), v[Ezek 29:9]; [Zech 10:11] more fully יְאֹר מִצְרַיִם [Amos 8:8]; [Amos 9:5].
2. plural:
\ \ a. Nile-arms, Nile-canals, יְאֹרֵי מִצְרַים [Isa 7:18] יְאֹרֵי מָצוֺר [Isa 19:6] (|| נְהָרוֺת), [Isa 37:25] = [2Kgs 19:24] see also [Nah 3:8]; [Exod 7:19]; [Exod 8:1] (both P; || נְהָרֹת, אֲגַמִּים, etc.), [Ps 78:44] (|| נֹזְלִים), [Ezek 29:3]; [Ezek 29:4] (twice in verse); [Ezek 29:5]; [Ezek 29:10] + v[Ezek 29:4] ᵑ0 (but strike out ᵐ5 Co), [Ezek 30:12].
\ \ b. watercourses in general, יְאֹרִים רַחֲבֵי יָדָ֑יִם [Isa 33:21] (|| נְהָרִים; compare Late Hebrew יְאוֺר, late Aramaic יְאוֺרָא).
3. shafts, made in mining [Job 28:10] (בַּצּוּרוֺת).
4. יְאֹר, singular, of Tigris, [Dan 12:5] (twice in verse); [Dan 12:6]; [Dan 12:7] (compare [Dan 10:4]).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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