נִיר

I. נֵר noun masculine^{Exod 25:37} lamp; — ׳נ absolute Exod 27:20 +, construct 1Sam 3:3 +; suffix נֵרִי Ps 18:29, נֵירִי || 2Sam 22:29, etc.; plural נֵרוֺת absolute Lev 24:4 +; construct Exod 39:37 suffix נֵרֹתֶיהָ Exod 25:37 (twice in verse) +, נֵרֹתֵיהֶם 1Chr 28:15; 2Chr 4:20 — lampin shrine at Shiloh 1Sam 3:3 especially of lampsin temple 1Kgs 7:49 + 7 t. Chronicles, and in tabernacle Exod 25:37 (twice in verse) + 15 t. P; compare in Zechariah's vision Zech 4:2 (twice in verse) as token of merrymaking Jer 25:10 used in search Zeph 1:12, compare (figurative) נִשְׁמַת אָדָם ׳נֵר י Prov 20:27 used in household work Prov 31:18 figurative of prosperity יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳נ 2Sam 21:17 (embodied in David); also Job 18:6; Job 21:17; Job 29:3; Ps 18:29 = 2Sam 22:29; Ps 132:17; Prov 13:9; Prov 20:20; Prov 24:20 of God's word as a guide Ps 119:105, compare Prov 6:23.

I. נִיר noun [masculine] lamp; — always figurative ׳לְמַעַן הֱיוֺתנֿ לְדָוִיד 1Kgs 11:26, i.e. that his family may remain on the throne; compare 1Kgs 15:4; 2Kgs 8:19 = 2Chr 21:7 happiness, delight (construct) נִר רְשָׁעִים Prov 21:4 (so Vrss Thes Buhl Now Wild, > Ew Del SS Frankenb = II. נִיר below II. ניר below).

II. נִיר noun [masculine] the tillable, untilled or fallow ground; — ׳נ absolute as accusative of congnate meaning with verb נִירוּ לָכֶם נִ֑יר Hos 10:12; Jer 4:3 till you the untilled ground (figurative of unaccustomed moral action); construct only רָבאֹֿכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים Prov 13:23 abundant food (yields) the fallow ground of poor men (i.e. with ׳י's blessing). — I. נִיר see נור. p. 632f

נוּר₁₇ noun feminine^{Dan 3:6} and masculine^{Dan 7:9} fire (ᵑ7 Syriac; see √ נור Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳נ Dan 3:27; Dan 7:9 (twice in verse); Dan 7:10 emphatic נוּרָא Dan 3:6 + 12 t. 3.