יער

Compare Arabic وَعْر (waʕr, “badlands”)

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈja(ʕ)aʁ/, /ˈjaʔaʁ/

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יַעַר • (yá'ar) m (plural indefinite יְעָרוֹת, singular construct יַעַר־, plural construct יַעֲרֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. A forest.
   • Tanach, Psalms 96:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     יַעֲלֹז שָׂדַי וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בּוֹ אָז יְרַנְּנוּ כָּל־עֲצֵי־יָעַר׃

     yaʿalóz sadái v-khol ashér bo; az y'ran'nú kol ʿatséi yáʿar

     Let the field exult; and all that is therein; Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy;

2. (יַעַר־, yá'ar) Singular construct state form of יַעַר (yá'ar)‎.

• In addition to the usual plural forms given above, the plural indefinite form יְעָרִים and plural construct form יַעֲרִי־ are also common.

• לא דובים ולא יער / לֹא דֻּבִּים וְלֹא יַעַר (lo dubím v'lo yá'ar)
• קָרַחַת יַעַר (karákhat yá'ar)

• חורש / חֹרֶשׁ (khóresh, “grove, forest, thicket”)

• H3293 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• יער on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

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