What does נִיר (niyr) mean in the Bible?
נִיר (niyr): Freshly tilled ground; represents cultivated potential or land prepared for productive yield.
Hebrew · H5215
נִיר
Properly, plowing , i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
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נִיר H5215
Pronunciation niyr
What does נִיר (niyr) mean in the Bible?
נִיר (niyr): Freshly tilled ground; represents cultivated potential or land prepared for productive yield.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H5215?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include unplowed ground (2), [is in] the fallow ground (1).
Where does נִיר (niyr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Proverbs 13:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Hosea (1), Jeremiah (1), Proverbs (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It unplowed ground 2× Jeremiah 4:3, Hosea 10:12
[is in] the fallow ground 1× Proverbs 13:23
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Usage map
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First aligned row Proverbs 13:23
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Proverbs 1 Jeremiah 1 Hosea 1
Source forms
נִ֑יר 2x nîr Jeremiah 4:3, Hosea 10:12
נִ֣יר 1x nîr Proverbs 13:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 2x Jeremiah 4:3, Hosea 10:12
Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Proverbs 13:23
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Freshly tilled ground; represents cultivated potential or land prepared for productive yield.
Source Gloss
properly, plowing , i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Freshly tilled ground; represents cultivated potential or land prepared for productive yield.
properly, plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land BDB: the tillable Usage: fallow ground, plowing, tillage.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
freshly plowed or tilled land that produces abundant food
agricultural work or tillage as characteristic activity of the wicked
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
נִיר is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain