יַ֫עַר
ya.ar
“wood”
Definition
a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
from an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
יַ֫עַר appears 52 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD,for He is coming to judge the earth.
Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD.Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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He cuts down cedarsor retrieves a cypress or oak.He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest.He plants a laurel, and the rain makes it grow.
Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
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