תָּאַרtâʼar

תָּאַר: apparently incline

Pronunciation: taw-ar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8388

Meanings

Qal: boundary, to Rimmon, and it inclined to Ne`; a (Joshua 18:14; Joshua 15:9; Joshua 18:17)

תָּאַר: Pi`el: draw in outline, trace out (Isaiah 44:13; Numbers 34:7; Numbers 34:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 15:9 From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
  • Joshua 15:11 The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
  • Joshua 18:14 The boundary then made a turn and swung south along the western edge of the hill facing Beth-horon, ending at the village of Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a town belonging to the tribe of Judah. This was the western boundary.
  • Joshua 18:17 From En-rogel the boundary proceeded in a northerly direction and came to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth (which is across from the slopes of Adummim). Then it went down to the Stone of Bohan. (Bohan was Reuben’s son.)
  • Joshua 19:13 Then it continued east to Gath-hepher, Eth-kazin, and Rimmon and turned toward Neah.
  • Isaiah 44:13 Then the wood-carver measures a block of wood and draws a pattern on it. He works with chisel and plane and carves it into a human figure. He gives it human beauty and puts it in a little shrine.
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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).