נִיר
nîyr · neer
properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
Lexicon
Derivation: or נִר; from H5214 (נִיר);
properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fallow ground, plowing, tillage.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- your fallow ground2 · 50%
- is in the tillage1 · 25%
- and the plowing1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.