אנהר

Aramaic

Etymology

Aph'el construction of נְהַר (nəhar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /an.ˈhar/

Verb

אַנְהַר • (anhár)

  1. to illuminate, to give light
    • Tanach, Genesis 1:15:
      וִיהוֹן לִנְהוֹרִין בִּרְקִיעָא דִּשְׁמַיָּא לְאַנְהָרָא עַל אַרְעָא וַהֲוָה כֵן:
      wīhōn li'n'hōrīn bi'r'qīʕā di'š'mayyā l'anhārā ʕal 'arʕā wa'hăwā ḵēn
      They will be for lights in the canopy of heaven to illuminate the earth. And it was so.

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