I. יַ֫עַר noun masculine[2Sam 18:8] wood, forest, thicket (MI21 plural היערן (= proper name, of a location ?); Phoenician יער and יר, compare DHM in MV (10) 983; Aramaic יַעֲרָא, wood, thicket; Assyrian âru DlHWB 230, compare JägerBAS i, 476) — absolute ַ֫ יעַר [Isa 7:2] +; יָ֑עַר [Mic 3:12] +; with ה locative יַעֲרָה [Josh 17:15] construct ַ֫ יעַר [2Sam 18:6] יַעְרָהּ [Jer 46:23], etc.; plural יְעָרִים [Ezra 2:25] + 4 t. (including [Ezek 34:25] Qr, so Co); יְעָרוֺת [Ps 29:9] —
\ \ a. wood, forest, wooded height, with trees to be felled [Josh 17:15] (with עלה go up to), v[Josh 17:18] (J), [Deut 19:5] (not elsewhere Hexateuch); עֵץ מִיַּעַר כְּרָתוֺ [Jer 10:13] as wood out of a forest he hath cut it; יחטבו מןהֿיערים [Ezek 39:10] (עצים מןהֿשׂדה in || clause); as producing trees יער צוֺמֵחַ עֵצִים [Eccl 2:6] in designation of Solomon's palace בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֺן [1Kgs 7:2] (on structure of this house see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883, 150), [1Kgs 10:17]; [1Kgs 10:21] = [2Chr 9:16]; [2Chr 9:20] compare בֵּית הַיָּ֫עַר [Isa 22:8] figurative of foes to be cut down and destroyed נִקַּף סִבְכֵי היער [Isa 10:34] כָּֽרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ [Jer 46:23] so [Isa 32:19] and יער הַבָּצִו֯ר [Zech 11:2] (read Kt הַבָּצוּר inaccessible forest).
\ \ b. as hiding-place for fugitive [1Sam 22:5] lurking-place of wild beasts [Amos 3:4]; [Mic 5:7]; [2Kgs 2:24]; [Jer 5:6]; [Jer 12:8]; [Isa 56:9]; [Ps 50:10]; [Ps 80:14]; [Ps 104:20], compare [Ezek 34:25] (read Qr, see above)
\ \ c. stripped by voice of ׳י [Ps 29:9] devoured by fire [Isa 9:17] (׳סִבְכֵי הַיּ; figurative of the people); so in metaphor or simile of ׳י's judgements [Isa 10:18] (כְּבוֺד יַעְרוֺ, figurative of Assyr.), [Jer 21:14]; [Ezek 21:2]; [Ezek 21:3] (see below) [Ps 83:15].
\ \ d. opposed to כַּרְמֶל (garden-land) [Isa 29:17]; [Isa 32:15] but also יַעַר כַּרְמִלּוֺ his garden woodland [2Kgs 19:23] = [Isa 37:24], and יַעַר בְּתוֺךְ כַּרְמֶל [Mic 7:14] (secluded and fertile abode for flock, figurative of people, see Che; Hi-St thinks of sacred grove).
\ \ e. = thicket, especially as symbol of desolation [Hos 2:14] בָּמוֺת יער thicket-covered heights (overgrown with bushes and trees) [Mic 3:12] = [Jer 26:18] also בַּיַּעַר בּעֲרַב [Isa 21:13] in the thicket (or bushes, so VB) in Arabia must ye lodge, caravans of Dedanites. feminine עֲצֵי (ה)יער trees of the forest [Isa 7:2] (in sim), [Isa 10:19] (יַעְרוֺ שְׁאָר עֵץ, figurative), [Isa 44:14]; [Ezek 15:2], also v[Ezek 15:6] (עֵץ היער), [Song 2:3] (in simile); figurative, as singing before ׳י [Ps 96:12] = [1Chr 16:33]; [Isa 44:23] (יער וְכָלעֵֿץ בּוֺ).
\ \ g. particular forests are: יער אפרים [2Sam 18:6], see אֶפְרַיִם above; compare v[2Sam 18:18] v[2Sam 18:17] (see also [Josh 17:15]; [Josh 17:18]); יַעַר חָ֑רֶת [1Sam 22:5] (see above); יַעַר לְבָנוֺן (see above); יַעַר הַשָּׂדֶה נֶגֶב and יַעַר הַנָּגֶב [Ezek 21:2]; [Ezek 21:3] (see above) figurative of Judah (land and people); see also יְעָרִים below — שְׂדֵיָֿ֑ יעַר [Ps 132:6] is a proper name, of a location (but Bae thinks appellative 'auf waldigem Gefilcle'), see קִרְיַת יְעָרִים. On [1Sam 14:25]; [1Sam 14:26], see II. יער. — יעורים [Ezek 34:25] Kt, read יְעָרִים Qr, see above
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
License: Public domain document; formatting developed for use in https://marvel.bible by Eliran Wong.
Source: provided by Tim Morton, the developer of Bible Analyzer