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יְאֹר

ye.orN:N--L

stream

1) river, stream, canal, Nile, Nile-canal 1a) stream, river (Nile) 1b) Nile-arms, Nile-canals 1c) watercourses 1d) shafts (mining) 1e) river (in general)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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, Steind^{BAs i. 612}; in Assyrian ia°uru, stream, °Iaru°û, river Nile, Id^ib., Hpt^{ib. 171} Jäger^{ib 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 29:3b (Co יאר, compare vEzek 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 + vEzek 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), vIsa 23:10; Jer 46:7; Jer 46:8 (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezek 29:3b (read יאר, see above), vEzek 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 + vEzek 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).

כָּאֹר Amos 8:8, see יְאֹר.

12 occurrences

II Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (3), Ezekiel (3), Daniel (3)