Lexicon
מִנְזָר
min.n.zar
H4502
H:N-M Hebrew

prince

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min.n.zar denotes a group of leaders likened to locusts in Nahum's comparison.

The attested use places min.n.zar among a city's leaders, whom Nahum 3:17 compares with locusts that camp and then wander away.

Senses in use

  1. Leaders in a locust comparison · dominant

    In Nahum 3:17, the masculine plural construct form occurs in the clause about leaders being like locusts; the APB renders the clause, "Your princes are like the locust."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Nahum 3:17, the APB presents the clause as "Your princes are like the locust,".

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