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נְהַר נַהְרָא‏ n.m. river

river, canal Com. 4Q576 2..10 : [נ]הרין ישפכון‏ rivers shall pour out. GenApoc 16.15 : מי טינה נהרא‏ the waters of the Tina river. GenApoc 17.9 : ארם ארעא די בין תרין נה֗ריא‏ Aram, the land between the two rivers. TgJ Amos9:5 : מַלַך בְמַשרְיָתֵיה דְסַגִי כְמֵי נַהרָא‏ a king with his camps as numerous as the waters of the river. GT D Exod7:18 : וְנוּנַיָּיא דְאִיתּ בנהרא יְמוּתוּן וְיַסְרֵי נַהֲרָא‏ the fish in the river will die and the river will stink. PJ Gen2:10 : מתפרש והוי לארבעת רישי נהרין‏ it divides and becomes four river headwaters. as a proper noun: the Euphrates Com. of fire BA^Dan, Gal, Syr. Dan7:10 : נְהַר דִּי־נוּר נָגֵד וְנָפֵק מִן־קְֹדָמוֹהִי‏ a river of fire was flowing out from before him.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 343a; DJBA: 734a; Jastrow: 882; Levy Ch-W: 2:95; Tal Sam: 507; DNWSI: 720; DJA: 65a; Cook,Qumran: 153;

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Derivatives:

ˁbr nhr, ˁbr nhrˀ n.m. land across the river