נהר

נְהַר • (transliteration needed)

1. to light, to shine

From Proto-Semitic *nahar- (“river”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒀀𒇉 (nārum) and Arabic نَهْر (nahr). The verb is a denominal and follows from the noun, cf. Arabic نَهَرَ (nahara, “to flow”).

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naːˈhaːr/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [nɔːˈhɔːʀ̟]
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔhɔʁ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /naˈ(h)aʁ/, (nonstandard) /naˈʔaʁ/

נָהָר • (nahár) m (plural indefinite נְהָרוֹת or נְהָרִים, singular construct נְהַר־, plural construct נַהֲרוֹת־) [pattern: קָטָל]

1. river (especially the Nile, Euphrates, etc.)

• אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם (arám naharáyim)
• כֶּלֶב נָהָר (kélev nahár)

נָהַר • (nahár) (pa'al construction)

1. to flow
2. (figuratively) to come, rush
   • Tanach, Isaiah 2:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְהָיָה  בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית־יְהֹוָה בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא מִגְּבָעוֹת וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם׃

     And it shall come to pass in the end of days, That the mountain of the LORD’S house Shall be established as the top of the mountains, And shall be exalted above the hills; And all nations shall flow unto it.

• H5104 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “נָהָר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 407a
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 882b
• “נהר” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Borrowed from Aramaic נְהַר (nəhar, “to shine”), whose root is related to Hebrew נ־ו־ר, whence words such נֵר (ner, “candle”) and מְנוֹרָה (m'norá, “menorah”) are derived.

נָהַר • (nahár) (pa'al construction)

1. to shine
   • Tanach, Psalms 34:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הִבִּיטוּ אֵלָיו וְנָהָרוּ וּפְנֵיהֶם אַל־יֶחְפָּרוּ׃

     They looked unto Him, and were radiant; And their faces shall never be abashed.

• H5102 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible