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H3293

H3293 — יַעַר

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

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Strong's Number:H3293
Word:יַעַר
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:57
Transliteration:ya`ar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yah'-ar
Meaning:1. a copse of bushes 2. (hence) a forest 3. (hence) honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
KJV Renderings:(honey-)comb, forest, wood.

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I. יַ֫עַר noun masculine 2Sam 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, [untranscribed source text 2261] wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, compare JägerBAS i, 476) — absolute ַ֫ יעַר Isa 7:2 +; יָ֑עַר Mic 3:12 +; with ה locative יַעֲרָה Josh 17:15 construct ַ֫ יעַר 2Sam 18:6 יַעְרָהּ Jer 46:23, etc.; plural יְעָרִים Ezra 2:25 + 4 t. (including Ezek 34:25 Qr , so Co); יְעָרוֺת Ps 29:9 —

a. wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled Josh 17:15 (with עלה go up to), Josh 17:18 ( J ), Deut 19:5 (not elsewhere Hexateuch); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺ Jer 10:13 as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מןהֿיערים Ezek 39:10 (עצים מןהֿשׂדה in || clause); as producing trees יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים Eccl 2:6 in designation of Solomon's palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן 1Kgs 7:2 (on structure of this house see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150 ), 1Kgs 10:17 ; 1Kgs 10:21 = 2Chr 9:16; 2Chr 9:20 compare בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַר Isa 22:8 figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵי היער Isa 10:34 כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ Jer 46:23 so Isa 32:19 and יער הַבָּצִו֯ר Zech 11:2 (read Kt הַבָּצוּר inaccessible forest).
b. as hiding-place for fugitive 1Sam 22:5 lurking-place of wild beasts Amos 3:4; Mic 5:7; 2Kgs 2:24; Jer 5:6; Jer 12:8; Isa 56:9; Ps 50:10; Ps 80:14; Ps 104:20, compare Ezek 34:25 (read Qr , see above)
c. stripped by voice of ׳ י Ps 29:9 devoured by fire Isa 9:17 (׳ סִבְכֵי הַיּ; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ׳ י's judgements Isa 10:18 (כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ, figurative of Assyr.), Jer 21:14; Ezek 21:2; Ezek 21:3 (see below) Ps 83:15.
d. opposed to כַּרְמֶל (garden-land ) Isa 29:17; Isa 32:15 but also יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֺ his garden woodland 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24, and יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶל Mic 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) Mic 3:12 = Jer 26:18 also בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַב Isa 21:13 in the thicket (or bushes, so VB ) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites.
f. עֲצֵי (ה)יער trees of the forest Isa 7:2 (in sim), Isa 10:19 (יַעְרוֺ שְׁאָר עֵץ, figurative), Isa 44:14; Ezek 15:2, also Ezek 15:6 (עֵץ היער), Song 2:3 (in simile); figurative, as singing before ׳ י Ps 96:12 = 1Chr 16:33 ; Isa 44:23 (יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ).
g. particular forests are: יער אפרים 2Sam 18:6, see אֶפְרַיִם above; compare 2Sam 18:18 2Sam 18:17 (see also Josh 17:15; Josh 17:18); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת 1Sam 22:5 (see above); יַעַר לְבָנוֺן (see above); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר הַנָּגֶב Ezek 21:2; Ezek 21:3 (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also יְעָרִים below — שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַר Ps 132:6 is a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem Gefilcle'), see קִרְיַת יְעָרִים . On 1Sam 14:25; 1Sam 14:26, see II. יער . — יעורים Ezek 34:25 Kt , read יְעָרִים Qr , see above

BDB3642

II. יַ֫עַר noun [masculine] honeycomb, — absolute יַעַר 1Sam 14:25; 1Sam 14:26 suffix יַעְרִי Song 5:1 — honeycomb, containing honey 1Sam 14:25 (where read וְיַעַר הָיָה עַלפְּֿנֵּי הַשָּׂדֶה with ᵐ5 We Dr Kit in KauAT, instead of see as in MT); וַיָּבוֺא העם אֶלהַֿיַּעַר 1Sam 14:26 (|| דבשׁ 1Sam 14:25) and when the people came to the honeycomb behold its bees had departed (see ᵐ5 We Dr Kit VB ); אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִםדִּֿבְשִׁי Song 5:1 see also I. יַעֲרָה .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יער (yah’-gar)

Deuteronomy 19:5

KJV: As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:head: Heb. ironhelve: Heb. woodlighteth…: Heb. findeth
EHCC: when a man goeth into the wood

1 Samuel 14:25

KJV: And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
EHCC: (they of) the land came to a wood;

1 Samuel 22:6

KJV: When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)tree…: or, grove in a high place
EHCC: the Forest of Hareth, *

2 Samuel 18:6

KJV: So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
EHCC: the battle was in the wood of Ephraim ;

2 Samuel 10:17

KJV: And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
EHCC: 21.the house Red eee of Lebanon.

2 Kings 2:24

KJV: And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
EHCC: came forth two ahe out of the wood,

2 Kings 19:23

KJV: By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.By: Heb. By the hand oftall…: Heb. tallness, etcof his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field
EHCC: the forest of his Carmel.

1 Chronicles 16:33

KJV: Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth.
EHCC: Then the trees of the wood sing

2 Chronicles 9:16

KJV: And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
EHCC: 20. the house of the forest of Lebanon.

Psalms 50:10

KJV: For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
EHCC: every beast of the forest (is) mine,

Psalms 80:13

KJV: The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
EHCC: (14).-The boar oud of the wood doth waste it,

Psalms 83:14

KJV: As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
EHCC: (15). As the fire burneth a wood,

Psalms 96:12

KJV: Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
EHCC: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

Psalms 104:20

KJV: Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.beasts…: Heb. beasts thereof do trample on the forest
EHCC: all the beasts Cl iee do creep

Psalms 132:6

KJV: Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.
EHCC: we found it in the fields of the wood.

Song of Songs 2:3

KJV: As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.I sat…: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etctaste: Heb. palate
EHCC: the trees of the wood,

Song of Songs 5:1

KJV: I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.yea…: or, and be drunken with loves
EHCC: 1 have eaten my honeycomb

Isaiah 7:2

KJV: And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.is confederate…: Heb. resteth on
EHCC: the trees of the wood are moved

Isaiah 9:18

KJV: For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
EHCC: (17). the thickets of the forest,

Isaiah 10:18

KJV: And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.both…: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh
EHCC: consume the glory of his forest,

Isaiah 21:13

KJV: The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.
EHCC: In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge,

Isaiah 22:8

KJV: And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest.
EHCC: the armour of the house of the forest.

Isaiah 29:17

KJV: Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
EHCC: fruitful field shall be esteemed as ₪ 7

Isaiah 32:15

KJV: Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
EHCC: the fruitful 8618 be counted for a forest.

Isaiah 37:24

KJV: By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.By thy…: Heb. By the hand of thy servantsthe tall…: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereofthe forest…: or, the forest and his fruitful field
EHCC: the forest of his Carmel.

Isaiah 44:14

KJV: He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.strengtheneth: or, taketh courage
EHCC: the trees of the forest:

Isaiah 56:9

KJV: All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
EHCC: all ye beasts in the forest,

Jeremiah 5:6

KJV: Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.evenings: or, desertsare increased: Heb. are strong
EHCC: a lion out of the forest shall slay them,

Jeremiah 10:3

KJV: For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.customs…: Heb. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity
EHCC: (one) cutteth a tree out of the forest,

Jeremiah 12:8

KJV: Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.crieth…: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice
EHCC: a lion ix the forest;

Jeremiah 21:14

KJV: But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.punish: Heb. visit upon
EHCC: 1 will kindle a fire in the forest thereof,

Jeremiah 26:18

KJV: Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
EHCC: the high places of a forest.

Jeremiah 46:23

KJV: They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
EHCC: They shall cut down her forest,

Ezekiel 15:2

KJV: Son of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
EHCC: the trees of the forest?

Ezekiel 34:25

KJV: And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
EHCC: sleep in the .

Ezekiel 39:10

KJV: So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God.
EHCC: neither cut down (any) out of the forests;

Hosea 2:12

KJV: And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.destroy: Heb. make desolate
EHCC: (14).1 will make them a forest,

Amos 3:4

KJV: Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?cry: Heb. give forth his voice
EHCC: Will a lion roar in the forest,

Micah 3:12

KJV: Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
EHCC: the high places of the forest.

Micah 5:8

KJV: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.sheep: or, goats
EHCC: (7).the beasts of the forest,

Zechariah 11:2

KJV: Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.mighty: or, gallantsthe forest…: or, the defenced forest
EHCC: the forest of the vintage is come down.

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