Lexicon
יְאֹר
ye.or
H2975
N:N--L Hebrew

Nile

65
Occurrences
12
Books
Hebrew
Language

ye.or denotes the Nile in Egyptian settings and can designate associated rivers, canals, or watercourses.

The term most often identifies the Nile in scenes involving Egypt, its waters, banks, fish, and flooding. Common plural forms also refer to waterways or channels, including Egyptian watercourses and channels cut through rock.

Senses in use

  1. The Nile in Egyptian scenes · dominant

    Proper-labeled occurrences identify the water beside which Pharaoh stands and from which cows emerge in Genesis 41:1 and Genesis 41:2. In Exodus 7:18 the APB renders the clause about fish dying and the water becoming undrinkable as occurring in the “Nile,” while Jeremiah 46:8 compares Egypt's rise to it.

  2. Waterways, canals, and channels · common

    Common masculine plural forms occur for Egypt's water systems: Exodus 7:19 places them among rivers, pools, and reservoirs, and Ezekiel 30:12 speaks of their drying. The same plural form can describe channels through rock in Job 28:10 and surrounding waters at Thebes in Nahum 3:8.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB usually presents the term as “Nile,” especially in Egyptian narratives and prophetic comparisons. For common plural forms it can render “Nile canals,” “rivers,” “streams,” or “channels”; these are verse-level renderings.

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