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Hebrew
expression
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Transliteration
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Literal
translation/ literary sources
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Modern
usage
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nahar
(neharot, pl.)
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river
(rivers) |
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Al
naharot bavel, sham yashavnu gam bachinu...
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Many
traditional Jews chant this psalm on weekdays before the Grace after Meals |
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Nahara
nahara ufshateya
(Aramaic); nahar nahar v'zirmo (Hebrew)
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Each
river has its own course (BT
Hullin 18) |
Every
place has its customs and unique ways of doing things |
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nehar
eitan
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Powerful
river; You split open springs and wadis; You dried up the powerful
streams (Psalms
74:15) |
Large, stormy river
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hanahar
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The
river, referring to the Perat River;
Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other
side of the river in old times, Terah, father of Abraham, and father
of Nahor (Joshua
24:2) |
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nahar
di nur (Aramaic) = nahar shel esh (Hebrew)
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River
of fire; A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him (Daniel
7:10) |
The
Milky Way |
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aram
naharayim
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Then
the servant took ten of his master's camels and set out, taking with him
all the bounty of his master; and he made his way to Aram-Naharaim
(Genesis 24:10)
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Ancient
name given to the country residing between the rivers of Perat
and Hiddekel; today — Iraq. |
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na-hara
(Aramaic)
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River |
River
of wide proportions |
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na-har
(verb)
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Flowed,
streamed; And it shall come to pass in the last days, that's the mountain
of the Lord's house, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all the
nations shall flow unto it. (Isaiah
2:2) |
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A
small river; An elderly fisherman stood alongside the little river
and pulled out a thin net (H.N.
Bialik, Zohar) |