נָהָר

1. stream, river, 4 Mos 24,6 (JE), Job 14,11; Job 40,23; Sl 105,41 (in simile), Es 48,18 (id.), Es 59,19 (id.) + often; frequently of particular rivers; r. of Eden 1 Mos 2,10 and its branches v1 Mos 2,13 v1 Mos 2,14 (all J); נְהַר מִצְרַיִם 1 Mos 15,18 (J; i.e., si vera 1., the Nile) but read probably ׳נַחַל מ, whence נהר through influence of following נהר — compare 2 Kong 24,7 — Nö^{ZMG xi.1886, 699} (alternative), Lag^{BN 140} Ball^Hpt; נָהָר of Nile Es 19,5 especially of Euphrates נְהַר פְּרָת 1 Mos 15,18; 5 Mos 1,7 (both + הַגָּדוֺל ׳הַנּ) Jos 1,4 + 8 t. + 2 Sam 8,3 (Qr ᵐ5 and || 1 Kron 18,3 Kt omit פְּרָת; — compare also 1 Mos 2,14b above); oftener (of Euphrase) without ׳הַנָּהָר ׃פ κατ’ ἐξοχήν, 1 Mos 31,21; 2 Mos 23,31; 4 Mos 22,5; Jos 24,2; Jos 24,3; Jos 24,14; Jos 24,15 (all E), possibly also 1 Mos 36,37 (P; compare Di) = 1 Kron 1,48, + 13 t. + 2 Sam 8,3 Kt (see above); and even without article (poetry) Es 7,20; Jer 2,18; Mik 7,12; Zak 9,10; Sl 72,8 ׳הַגּ ׳הַנּ once of Tigris Dan 10,4 נְהַר גוֺזָן (חבור) 2 Kong 17,6; 2 Kong 18,11 compare 2 Kron 5,26 plural נַהֲרֵי בוּשׁ Sef 3,10 perhaps of a canal: נְהַרכְּֿבָר Ezk 1,1; Ezk 1,3 + 6 t. Ezekiel; הַנָּהָר אַהֲלוא Ezr 8,21, ׳נְהַר א vEzr 8,31 compare נַהֲרוֺת בָּבֶל Sl 137,1 canals possibly also in ׳שַׁעֲרֵי הַנּ Nah 2,7 (of Nineveh); of canals of Egypt 2 Mos 7,19 (|| יְאֹרִים etc.), 2 Mos 8,1 (|| id.).

2. נְהָרוֺת (מִבְּכִי) Job 28,11 usually understood of (underground) streams; Szold^{Comm. Job} Gr^{Monatsschr.1887, 410 and} Perles^{Analekten 69} proposes ׳נ ׳נִבְכֵ sources of rivers (compare Job 36,16); Wetzst Hoffm Bu ׳נ ׳מַבְּכֵ (not elsewhere) with similar meaning.

3. figurative of ׳י s favour Sl 46,5. — On נַהֲרַיִם ending apparently dual, see אֲרַם; Tel Amarna Na-ri-ma, Na—rima (Wkl^{Tel Am. 40}*), and Egyptian Nhrina (WMM^{As.u.Eur.249ff.}) point however to original ending יִ֯ם; this inconsistent with view of EMey^{Geschichte. § 180} that יִַ֯ם here a locative ending (compare Ba^{§ 194 c. Anm. l} Buhl^{Ges 12}), see also Di^{1 Mos 24,10}.