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# נִמְרִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5249

**Nimrim. Compare** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Nimrim. Compare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5249/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

נִמְרִים: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5249/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Moab (cf. Sab. נמרן attrib. of Barḳm., DHMZMG xxix (1875), 592, v. also CISiv. No. 103, p. 169; مَآءٌ نَمِيرٌ wholesome water Lane2853, also Wel.c.);—only מֵי נִמְרִים Is 15:6 Je 48:34; prob. = Βηνναμαρειμ LagOnom. 284, 33, in Wady Numêre at SE. end of Dead Sea, BuhlGeogr. 272.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Nimrim (2).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 15:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.6/#tree)

כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.waters of.Nimrim wastes they.are (dm) it.has.dried.up grass it.has.wasted.away fresh.grass greenery not it.is

*JPS 1917:* For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.

[Jeremiah 48:34](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.34/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.34/#tree)

מִזַּעֲקַ֨ת חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן עַד־אֶלְעָלֵ֗ה עַד־יַ֙הַץ֙ נָתְנ֣וּ קוֹלָ֔ם מִצֹּ֙עַר֙ עַד־חֹ֣רֹנַ֔יִם עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה עֶגְלַ֖ת שְׁלִֽשִׁיָּ֑ה כִּ֚י גַּם־מֵ֣י נִמְרִ֔ים לִמְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יִהְיֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* from the.cry.of.distress of.Heshbon to Elealeh to Jahaz people.will.give.forth voice their from Zoar to Horonaim Eglath Shelishiyah (dm) also the.waters of.Nimrim (into) wastes they.will.become

*JPS 1917:* From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, even unto Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, a heifer of three years old; for the Waters of Nimrim also shall be desolate.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5249.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5249/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).