יְאֹר
ye.or
“Nile”
Definition
a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria
of Egyptian origin;
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
N:N--L
N:N--L
Occurrences
יְאֹר appears 44 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
I have dug wellsand drunk foreign waters.With the soles of my feetI have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
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Then the fishermen will mourn,all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament,and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
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