יַעַר

I. יַ֫עַר noun masculine^{2 Sam 18,8} wood, forest, thicket (MI²¹ plural היערן (= proper name, of a location ?); Phoenician יער and יר, compare DHM in MV (10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא, wood, thicket; Assyrian âru Dl^{HWB 230}, compare Jäger^{BAS i, 476}) — absolute ַ֫ יעַר Es 7,2 +; יָ֑עַר Mik 3,12 +; with ה locative יַעֲרָה Jos 17,15 construct ַ֫ יעַר 2 Sam 18,6 יַעְרָהּ Jer 46,23, etc.; plural יְעָרִים Ezr 2,25 + 4 t. (including Ezk 34,25 Qr, so Co); יְעָרוֺת Sl 29,9 —
\ \ a. wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Jos 17,15 (with עלה go up to), vJos 17,18 (J), 5 Mos 19,5 (not elsewhere Hexateuch); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺ Jer 10,13 as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מןהֿיערים Ezk 39,10 (עצים מןהֿשׂדה in || clause); as producing trees יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים Praed 2,6 in designation of Solomon's palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן 1 Kong 7,2 (on structure of this house see Sta^{Salomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150}), 1 Kong 10,17; 1 Kong 10,21 = 2 Kron 9,16; 2 Kron 9,20 compare בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַר Es 22,8 figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵי היער Es 10,34 כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ Jer 46,23 so Es 32,19 and יער הַבָּצִו֯ר Zak 11,2 (read Kt הַבָּצוּר inaccessible forest).
\ \ b. as hiding-place for fugitive 1 Sam 22,5 lurking-place of wild beasts Amos 3,4; Mik 5,7; 2 Kong 2,24; Jer 5,6; Jer 12,8; Es 56,9; Sl 50,10; Sl 80,14; Sl 104,20, compare Ezk 34,25 (read Qr, see above)
\ \ c. stripped by voice of ׳י Sl 29,9 devoured by fire Es 9,17 (׳סִבְכֵי הַיּ; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ׳י's judgements Es 10,18 (כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ, figurative of Assyr.), Jer 21,14; Ezk 21,2; Ezk 21,3 (see below) Sl 83,15.
\ \ d. opposed to כַּרְמֶל (garden-land) Es 29,17; Es 32,15 but also יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֺ his garden woodland 2 Kong 19,23 = Es 37,24, and יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶל Mik 7,14 (secluded and fertile abode for flock, figurative of people, see Che; Hi-St thinks of sacred grove).
\ \ e. = thicket, especially as symbol of desolation Hos 2,14 בָּמוֺת יער thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) Mik 3,12 = Jer 26,18 also בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַב Es 21,13 in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites. feminine עֲצֵי (ה)יער trees of the forest Es 7,2 (in sim), Es 10,19 (יַעְרוֺ שְׁאָר עֵץ, figurative), Es 44,14; Ezk 15,2, also vEzk 15,6 (עֵץ היער), Hoj 2,3 (in simile); figurative, as singing before ׳י Sl 96,12 = 1 Kron 16,33; Es 44,23 (יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ).
\ \ g. particular forests are: יער אפרים 2 Sam 18,6, see אֶפְרַיִם above; compare v2 Sam 18,18 v2 Sam 18,17 (see also Jos 17,15; Jos 17,18); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת 1 Sam 22,5 (see above); יַעַר לְבָנוֺן (see above); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר הַנָּגֶב Ezk 21,2; Ezk 21,3 (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also יְעָרִים below — שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַר Sl 132,6 is a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem Gefilcle'), see קִרְיַת יְעָרִים. On 1 Sam 14,25; 1 Sam 14,26, see II. יער. — יעורים Ezk 34,25 Kt, read יְעָרִים Qr, see above