H5247

נִמְרָה

nim.rahN:N--L

Nimrah

Nimrah = "limpid" or "pure" a place on the east of the Jordan, 10 miles (16 km) north of the Dead Sea and 3 miles (5 km) east of the Jordan Another name of bet nim.rah (בֵּית נִמְרָה "Beth-nimrah" H1039)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

נִמְרָה proper name, of a location place east of Jordan Num 32:3 (+ עֲטָרוֺת, דִּיבֹן, חֶשְׁבּוֺן, etc.), ᵐ5 Ναμβρα, A Αμβραμ, ᵐ5L Μαμβραν. Perhaps = Tel Nimrîn, approximately 6 miles east of Jordan, nearly opposite Jericho, compare BuhlGeogr. 264. — compare ׳בֵּית נ (q. v.), also in Late Hebrew (compare נמרה proper name, masculine Sinaitic Inscriptions SACook81 Lzb323; meaning dubious; NöZMG xxix (1875), 437 thinks from spotted or striped appearance of ground; place of leopard also GrayProp. Names 92 (on tribal names from leopard see RSK 201 also Sabean proper name אנמרם Levy-Osl.c., etc.); WeHeid:2, 82 thinks of clear water [compare following]).


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