niyr
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5215. niyr

niyr: ground
Original Word: נִיר
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: niyr
Phonetic Spelling: (neer)
Short Definition: ground

II. נִיר noun [masculine] the tillable, untilled or fallow ground; — ׳נ absolute as accusative of congnate meaning with verb נִירוּ לָכֶם נִ֑יר Hosea 10:12; Jeremiah 4:3 till you the untilled ground (figurative of unaccustomed moral action); construct only רָבאֹֿכֶל נִיר רָאשִׁים Proverbs 13:23 abundant food (yields) the fallow ground of poor men (i.e. with ׳יs blessing). — I. נִיר see נור. p. 632f

II. ניר (√ of following; compare Late Hebrew נִיר, Arabic Syriac (in Lexicons), all = the system of heddles or 'apparatus [of small cords with loops, or eyes] by which the threads of the warp are raised and lowered to make an opening for the passing of the woof' GFMPAOS Oct. 1889, clxxix. f.; compare Assyrian nîru, Syriac , yoke).



fallow ground, plowing, tillage

Or nir {neer}; from niyr; properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land -- fallow ground, plowing, tillage.

see HEBREW niyr

נִ֑יר נִ֖ר נִ֣יר ניר נר nir nîr


Strong's Hebrew 5215
4 Occurrences


nîr — 4 Occ.

Proverbs 13:23
BIB: רָב־ אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְיֵ֥שׁ
NAS: food [is in] the fallow ground of the poor,
KJV: food [is in] the tillage of the poor:
INT: Abundant food the fallow of the poor is

Proverbs 21:4
BIB: וּרְחַב־ לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃
NAS: heart, The lamp of the wicked,
KJV: heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked,
INT: proud heart the lamp of the wicked is sin

Jeremiah 4:3
BIB: נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְאַֽל־ תִּזְרְע֖וּ
NAS: Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow
KJV: Break up your fallow ground, and sow
INT: Jerusalem Break your fallow not sow

Hosea 10:12
BIB: נִ֥ירוּ לָכֶ֖ם נִ֑יר וְעֵת֙ לִדְר֣וֹשׁ
NAS: Break up your fallow ground, For it is time
KJV: break up your fallow ground: for [it is] time
INT: kindness Break your fallow is time to seek

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