נָעַרnâʻar
shake, shake out or off
Pronunciation: naw-ar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5287
Meanings
Qal: shake out (Nehemiah 5:13; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 33:15)
Niph`al: be shaken out (Psalms 109:23; Job 38:13; Judges 16:20)
Pi`el: shake utterly out (Nehemiah 5:13; Exodus 14:27; Psalms 136:15)
Hithpa`el: shake thyself (Isaiah 52:2)
Same root
- נָעַרnâʻar · H5286to growl
- נַעַרnaʻar · H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
- נַעַרnaʻar · H5289a wanderer
- נֹעַרnôʻar · H5290(abstractly) boyhood
- נְעֹרֶתnᵉʻôreth · H5296something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 14:27 So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the water rushed back into its usual place. The Egyptians tried to escape, but the Lord swept them into the sea.
- Judges 16:20 Then she cried out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” When he woke up, he thought, “I will do as before and shake myself free.” But he didn’t realize the Lord had left him.
- Nehemiah 5:13 I shook out the folds of my robe and said, “If you fail to keep your promise, may God shake you like this from your homes and from your property!” The whole assembly responded, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. And the people did as they had promised.
- Job 38:13 Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness?
- Psalms 109:23 I am fading like a shadow at dusk; I am brushed off like a locust.
- Psalms 136:15 but he hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His faithful love endures forever.
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).