נָהַרnâhar
נָהַר: flow, stream
Pronunciation: naw-har' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5102
Meanings
Qal: flow, stream, only figurative (Isaiah 2:2; Jeremiah 51:44; Jeremiah 31:12)
נָהַר: shine, beam
Qal: beam, be radiant (Isaiah 60:5; Psalms 34:6)
נהר: river, usually of Euphrates (Daniel 7:10; Ezra 4:10; Ezra 4:16; Ezra 4:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 34:5 Those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy; no shadow of shame will darken their faces.
- Isaiah 2:2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
- Isaiah 60:5 Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.
- Jeremiah 31:12 They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem. They will be radiant because of the Lord’s good gifts— the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the healthy flocks and herds. Their life will be like a watered garden, and all their sorrows will be gone.
- Jeremiah 51:44 And I will punish Bel, the god of Babylon, and make him vomit up all he has eaten. The nations will no longer come and worship him. The wall of Babylon has fallen!
- Micah 4:1 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord’s house will be the highest of all— the most important place on earth. It will be raised above the other hills, and people from all over the world will stream there to worship.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).