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H2975

H2975 — יְאוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

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Hebrewy`ornoun mascOccurrences: 64TWOT: 832

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2975
Word:יְאוֹר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:of Egyptian origin
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:64
Transliteration:y`or
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yeh-ore'
Meaning:1. a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft 2. specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches 3. also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria
KJV Renderings:brook, flood, river, stream.

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BDB3389

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, SteindBAs i. 612 ; in Assyrian ia°uru , stream, °Iaru°û , river Nile, Idib., Hptib. 171 Jägerib 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 Ezek 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 + Ezek 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), Isa 23:10; Jer 46:7; Jer 46:8 (simile of Egyptian invasion), Ezek 29:3b (read יאר , see above), Ezek 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 + Ezek 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).

BDB3879

כָּאֹר Amos 8:8, see יְאֹר .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יאור (y’ohr)

Genesis 41:1

KJV: And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
EHCC: behold, he stood by the river.

Genesis 17:1

KJV: And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.perfect: or, upright, or, sincere
EHCC: stood upon the bank of the river :

Exodus 1:22

KJV: And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
EHCC: born ye shall cast into the river,

Exodus 2:3

KJV: And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
EHCC: in the flags by the river's brink.

Exodus 4:9

KJV: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.shall become: Heb. shall be and shall be
EHCC: take of the water of the river,

Exodus 7:15

KJV: Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river’s brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
EHCC: shalt stand by the river's brink

Exodus 8:3

KJV: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:kneadingtroughs: or, dough
EHCC: (7:28). the river shall bring forth frogs

Exodus 17:5

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
EHCC: wherewith thou smotest the river,

2 Kings 19:24

KJV: I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.besieged: or, fenced
EHCC: dried up all the rivera of besieged places.

Job 28:10

KJV: He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
EHCC: He cutteth out rivers amon,

Psalms 78:44

KJV: And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
EHCC: turned their rivers into blood B

Isaiah 7:18

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
EHCC: uttermost part of the rivers of

Isaiah 19:6

KJV: And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
EHCC: (and) the brooks of defence shall be

Isaiah 23:3

KJV: And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
EHCC: Sihor, the harvest of the river,

Isaiah 87:95

EHCC: 1 dried up all he rivers of

Jeremiah 46:7

KJV: Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
EHCC: Who (is) this (that) cometh up as a flood,

Amos 8:8

KJV: Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
EHCC: as (by) the flood of ..

Zechariah 10:11

KJV: And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
EHCC: all the deeps of the ricer shall dry"

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