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nhr, nhrˀ (nhar, nahrā) n.m. river
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river, canal
Common Aramaic
Fakh.4↗ gwgl | nhr | klm : [Hadad,] canal inspector of all rivers ; TAD D7.9 14↗ הושרת לכם מן י̇ד̇ נהרא‏ : I sent you from the riverside ; 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 נה̇ריא‏ : Aram, the land between the two rivers ; 5/6Hev 7..:9↗ text not cited ; 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 ; SamTgJ Gen31:21↗ ועבר ית נהרה ושוה ית אפיו טור גלעד‏ : he crossed the river and set his face toward mt. Gilead ; P Is19:5↗ ܘܢܗܪܐ ܢܚܪܒ ܘܢܐܒܫ‏ ; JBABowl 105.1:6↗ פרת ודגלת נהרה‏ ; BT Šab 110a(17)↗ ליעבר נהרא‏ : he should cross the river ; BT Git 73a(21)↗ לסוף אפיקו בה נהרא‏ : they finally diverted a canal into it ; JohnBook 109:14↗ damit lnahra iabiša ḏšitlia ˁlẖ lašatlia : you are like a dry river along which they do not plant plantings ; PJ Gen2:10↗ מתפרש והוי לארבעת רישי נהרין‏ : it divides and becomes four river headwaters
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as a proper noun: the Euphrates
Common Aramaic
HazBrid1↗ bšnt ˁḋh mrˀn nhr : in the year our lord crossed the River
(2)
pl. : river floods
Syr
OS MtCur7:25↗ ܘܢܚܬ ܡܛܪܐ܂ ܘܐܬܘ ܢܗܪ̈ܘܬܐ‏ : the rain fell and the riverine floods came
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stream (in the sea) ?
Syr
AphDem21.395:15↗ ܘܢܥܒܪ ܒܝܡܐ ܘܢܚܐ ܕܠܐ ܡܬܚܢܩ܂ ܘܢܗܪܐ ܐܠܐ ܓܪܦ ܠܗ‏
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figurative usages:
(1)
of fire
BADan, Gal, Syr
Dan 7:10↗ נְהַר דִּי־נוּר נָגֵד וְנָפֵק מִן־קְֹדָמוֹהִי‏ : a river of fire was flowing out from before him ; BR 917:3(1)↗ text not cited ; P StDan(1)7:10 ↗ ܢܗܪܐ ܕܢܘܪܐ‏
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pl. Syr. ܢܗܪܘ̈ܬܐ‏; JLA נַהרַיָא and נַהרָוָתָא with no obvious distinction
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 894[417]DJPA: 343aDJBA: 734aJastrow: 882Drower/Macuch: 281b, 290bJ. Payne-Smith: 330Levy Ch-W: 2:95Tal Sam: 507DNWSI: 720DCPA[Schulthess]: 258[120]DJA: 65aQumran: 153

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