the Week of Proper 27 / Ordinary 32
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Strong's #5892 - עָיַר
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- excitement, anguish
- of terror
- city, town (a place of waking, guarded)
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1526) rg (גהר GhR) AC: Dark CO: City AB: ?: The pictograph g is a picture of a rope with the extended meaning of darkness. The r is a picture of a man. Combined these mean "dark man" or an enemy. (eng: jungle - with the exchange of the j and y and the l and r)
A) rg (גהר GhR) AC: ? CO: City AB: ?
Nm ) rg (גהר GhR) - I. City: II. Enemy:[Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (7): city, enemy - Strongs: H6145 (עָר), H6146 (עָר)
J) rfg (גהור GhWR) AC: Dark CO: ? AB: ?
V) rfg (גהור GhWR) - I. Waken:To wake as to open the eyes from darkness. II. Blind:To become dark of site through blindness or the putting out of the eyes. KJV (86): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) stir, awake, wake, raise, arise, master, put out, blind - Strongs: H5782 (עוּר), H5786 (עָוַר)
Nm) rfg (גהור GhWR) - Blind: A darkness of the eye. KJV (26): blind - Strongs: H5787 (עִוֵּר)
jm) nfrfg (גהורונ GhWRWN) - Blindness: KJV (3): blindness, blind - Strongs: H5788 (עַוֶּרֶת)
L) rgi (יגהר YGhR) AC: ? CO: Forest AB: ?: A dark place.
Nm) rgi (יגהר YGhR) - Forest: KJV (59): forest, wood, honeycomb - Strongs: H3264 (יַעוֹר), H3293 (יַעַר)
Nf1) ergi (יגהרה YGhRH) - Forest: KJV (2): forest - Strongs: H3295 (יַעֲרָה)
M) rig (גהיר GhYR) AC: ? CO: City AB: ?: A dark and wicked place.
Nm) ig (גהיר GhYR) - I. City: II. Colt:As dark in color. KJV (1097): city, town, colt, foal, ass - Strongs: H5892 (עָיַר), H5895 (עַיִר)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Hiph`il — II, III. עִיר see below
II. עִיר1092 noun feminine Genesis 10:12 (Albr ZAW xvi.40f.) city, town (√ unknown; Late Hebrew id.;? Phoenician ער Lzb345; Sabean ער fortified height (compare
3) Prä ZMG xxvi (1872), 437, ערן, עהרן city CIS iv. pp. 94,95, 173); — ׳ע absolute Genesis 4:17 +, construct Genesis 24:10 +; הָעִ֫ירָה 1 Kings 14:12 + 7t.; suffix עִירִי 2 Samuel 19:38 2t., etc.; plural עָרִים Isaiah 6:11 +, עֲיָרִים Judges 10:4 (text error, or word-play, compare GFM); construct עָרֵי Genesis 10:29 +; suffix עָרַי Zechariah 1:17, עָרֵיכֶם Isaiah 1:7 +, etc.; —
1 city, town, abode of men Genesis 4:17 (J) and often; גְּדֹלָה Genesis 10:12 (J), +, or קְטַנָּה Ecclesiastes 9:14 (compare Genesis 19:20); especially
a. fortified:עָרִים בְּצֻרוֺת 2 Samuel 20:6 +, etc., see בָּצַר, מִבְצָר; עִיר מִבְצַרצֹֿר Joshua 19:29 (P) fortified city (of) Tyre, מָצוֺר׳ע Psalm 31:22 +, etc., see מָצוֺר, מְצוּרָה below צוּר ( Micah 7:12 see מָצוֺר); עָזלָֿנוּ׳ע Isaiah 26:1, עָרֵי מָעוּזּוֺ Isaiah 17:9; דְּלָתַיִם וּבְרִיחַ׳ְ 1 Samuel 23:7; חוֺמָה׳ע Leviticus 25:29, compare Leviticus 25:30 (P), 1 Kings 4:13; on Hosea 10:14 see I. עַם 2 b ( 1 Samuel 9:14 read הַשֵּׁעַרᵐ5 We Dr and others).
b. opposed to כֹּפֶר הַמְּרָזִי 1 Samuel 6:18, ׳עָרֵי הַמּ Deuteronomy 3:5, הַמְּרָזוֺת׳ע Esther 9:19; distinguished from dependencies חֲצֵרִים Joshua 13:23 #NAME?
c.עָרֶיה are dependent towns Joshua 13:17 (P), Jeremiah 19:15.
d. עָרֵי הַמַּמְלָכָה Joshua 10:2 (JE) royal cities (i.e. with a king, compare Tel Amarna al šarri), so singular 1 Samuel 27:5, opposed to הַשָּׁדֶהעָרֵי 1 Samuel 27:5 rural towns; הַמְּלוּכָה׳ע 2 Samuel 12:26 (but read הַמַּיִם׳ע We Bu Kit Löhr HPS, see 2 below).
e. עֶרֵי מִסְכְּנוֺת Exodus 1:11 storage-cities, Song of Solomon 1Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6,4; 17:12; for נַפְתָּלִי׳ע ׳מ 2 Chronicles 16:4 read probably ׳כִּנְרוֺת עֵלוֿגו (as 1 Kings 15:20; Be Kit Buhl); compare הֶרֶכֶב׳ע 1 Kings 9:19; 1 Kings 10:26 2 Chronicles 8:6; 9:25; 1:14; הַמָּרָשִׁים׳ע 1 Kings 9:19 2 Chronicles 8:6.
f. (הַ)מִקְלָט׳ע (P) asylum-cities Numbers 35:11,13,14; Joshua 20:2, compare Numbers 35:25,26,27,28,32, לְמִקְלָט׳ע Numbers 35:12; מִקְלַט הָרֹצֵחַ׳ע Joshua 21:13 + 4t. 21.
g. (הָ)אֱלֹהִים׳ע = Jerusalem: Psalm 46:5; Psalm 87:3, compare Psalm 48:2; Psalm 48:9; ׳י׳ע Isaiah 60:14; Psalm 101:8; צְבָאוֺת׳י ׳ע Psalm 48:9.
h. city = inhabitants 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Samuel 5:12; Isaiah 22:2; Ruth 1:19, Song of Solomon 2Samuel 20:22 (reading הָעִיר for ᵑ0הָעָם) ᵐ5 We Dr and others (compare also following).
i. combinations are:רֹכְלִים ׳ע Ezekiel 17:4 city of merchants; מוֺשָׁב׳ע Psalm 107:4; Psalm 107:7; Psalm 107:36 city for dwelling; especially of character or condition: הַצֶּדֶק׳ע Isaiah 1:26, ׳עהָאֱמֶת Zechariah 8:3; הַקּדֶשׁ׳ע Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 11:1,18, compare Daniel 9:24, all of Jerusalem; עָרֵי קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ Jeremiah 5:17 of Judaean cities; of foreign cities, תְּהִלָּךְ׳ע Jeremiah 49:25, ׳הָעהַהֻלָּלה Ezekiel 26:17, הָעַלִּיזָה׳הָע Zephaniah 2:15; of Jerusalem also הַיּוֺנָה׳הָע Zephaniah 3:1 oppressive city, (הַ)דָּמִים׳ע bloody city Ezekiel 22:2; Ezekiel 24:6,9 and (of Nineveh) Nahum 3:1.
2 of fortress in a city especially עִיר דָּוִד 2 Samuel 5:7,9; 2 Samuel 6:10 + often (see דָּוִד); כֵית הַבָּ֑עַל׳ע 2 Kings 10:25 (crpt; Klo proposes דְּבִיר for ׳ע, compare Kmp Benz Kit); הַמַּיִם׳ע 2 Samuel 12:27 (so read also 2 Samuel 12:26, see 1 d).
3 apparently fortified place, of any size, עִיר מִבְצָר בְּכָלעָֿרֵיהֶם מִמִּגְּדַּל נוֺצְרִים עַדֿ 2 Kings 17:9 2 Kings 18:8; compare Numbers 13:9 (P; but on compare of ver. see Di); perhaps also עֲמָלֵק׳ע 1 Samuel 15:5 (HPS). — Hosea 7:4 see עור
Hiph`il
עִיר הַהֶרֶס see הֶרֶס.