Strong's Lexicon

H5064

H5064 — נָגַר

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

Hebrewnagarverb-stemOccurrences: 10TWOT: 1295

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5064
Word:נָגַר
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:10
Transliteration:nagar
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:naw-gar'
Meaning:1. to flow 2. (figuratively) to stretch out 3. causatively, to pour out or down 4. (figuratively) to deliver over
KJV Renderings:fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4981

[נָגַר verb pour, flow, run (Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3174] be long (of time), Aph`el prolong, potract; נְגַר endure, flow, stream); —

Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular נִגְּרָה Ps 77:3; Lam 3:49 Participle plural נִגָּרִים 2Sam 14:14 נִגָּרוֺת Job 20:28
1. be poured, spilt, 2Sam 14:14 (כַּמַּיִם מֻגָּרִים אַרְצָה in simile of mortality).
2. pour oneself, flow, trickle, of eye (in tears) Lam 3:49.
3. figurative vanish, Job 20:28 (|| גָּלָה).
4. be stretched out (?) יָדִי לַיְלָה נִגְּרָה Ps 77:3 (or read עֵינִי ?).
Hiph`il Perfect וְהִגַּרְתִּ֫י Mic 1:6 Imperfect וַיַּגֵּר Ps 75:9 וַתַּגֵּר Ezek 35:5 יַגִּירֻ֫הוּ Ps 63:11 Imperative suffix הַגִּרֵם Jer 18:21 — pour down, hurl down the stones of Samaria, subject ׳ י Mic 1:6 pour out, figurative of ׳ י's wine-cup, Ps 75:9 followed by עַליְֿדֵי חֶ֫רֶב = deliver over to Jer 18:21 ; Ps 63:11 ; Ezek 35:5 .
Hoph`al Participle כְּמַיִם מֻגָּרִים בְּמוֺרָד Mic 1:4 in simile, of mountains melting at theophany.


Other Resources

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

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