Word

יַעַר

yaʻar · H3293 · Hebrew · 58 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 places

Forestfirst named in Isaiah 22:81 verse
Jaarfirst named in Psalm 132:61 verse

Meanings

forest, thickets, woods

A large group of trees or shrubs which grow close together and where several wild animals are known to live; considered to be a dangerous place for humans and domestic animals

Examples
Deuteronomy 19:5 as when a person goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies—he may flee to one of these cities and live.
Joshua 17:15 And Joshua said to them, “If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.”
Joshua 17:18 but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have iron chariots and though they are strong.”
House of the Forest of Lebanon

Literally: "House of the Forest of Lebanon" a very large building in Jerusalem built by King Solomon, which consisted of four rows of pillars of cedar wood; this cedar wood likely came from the forests of Lebanon, located north of Israel

Examples
1 Kings 7:2 He built the house of the timber from Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.
1 Kings 10:17 And he made three hundred small shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield; and the king put them in the house of the timber of Lebanon.
1 Kings 10:21 Now all King Solomon’s drinking utensils were of gold, and all the utensils of the house of the timber of Lebanon were of pure gold. None was of silver; it was not considered as amounting to anything in the days of Solomon.
Jaar

Town, also known as Kiriath-jearim, Kiriath-Baal, Baalah, and Baale-Judah; where the ark of covenant was kept before David took it to Jerusalem

Examples
Psalm 132:6 Behold, we heard about it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar.
honeycomb

A structure of hexagonal cells of wax, made by bees to store honey and eggs, which is eaten, together with the honey; regarded as sweet and tasty

Examples
Song of Solomon 5:1 “I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and drink deeply, lovers.”

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

18 occurrences in 11 groups

לְבָנוֹןLebanon 5
Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

נֶגֶבsouth, the Negeb 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

יָרַדto go down, to come down 2
רָבָהto increase 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 4 groups

בָּעַרto burn, to purge 1
כָּרַתto cut off, to make (a covenant) 1
אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
שָׁקָהto give to drink, to water 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הוּאhe, she, it 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

21 occurrences in 4 groups

בin/on/with 18
מִןfrom 9
לto/for 8
אֵלto, toward 4

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

23 occurrences in 8 groups

עֵץtree, wood 8
בַּיִתhouse, household 6
בָּמָהhigh place, heights 2
חַיalive, living 2
סְבָךְthicket 2
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 5 entries

Landscapes001002004: יַעַר denotes a forest or wooded area as a landscape feature, the wooded hill country Joshua told the tribes of Joseph to clear for themselves (Joshua 17:15, 18).
Names of Constructions003001003: יַעַר can also name a specific built structure known by this word, such as the 'House of the Forest of Lebanon,' Solomon's timbered hall (1 Kings 7:2).
Names of Locations003001010: יַעַר forms part of specific place names built on the word 'forest,' such as Kiriath-jearim, 'city of forests' (Joshua 15:9).
Names of Landforms003001008: יַעַר further designates a wooded landform in its own right, the forest where Saul's men entered and found honey on the ground (1 Samuel 14:25).
Food001003001003: יַעַר extends to a honeycomb, the sweet food found dripping in the forest that Jonathan tasted (1 Samuel 14:25-27).

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

יַעַרyaʻar · H3293יַעֲרָה yaʻărâh · H3295 · comb, forest · 2×יָעוֹר yâʻôwr · H3264 · wood · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3293. ya 'ar II. יַ֫עַר noun [masculine] honeycomb, — absolute יַעַר 1Sa 14:25-26,…

H3293. ya
'ar II. יַ֫עַר noun [masculine] honeycomb, — absolute יַעַר 1Sa 14:25-26, suffix יַעְרִי Son 5:1; — honeycomb, containing honey 1Sa 14:25 (where read הַשָּׂדֶה עַלמְּֿנֵּי הָיָה וְיַעַר with ᵐ5 We Dr Kit in KauAT, instead of see as in MT); אֶלהַֿיַּעַר העם וַיָּבוֺא 1Sa 14:26 (|| דבשׁ1Sa 14:25) and when the people came to the honeycomb behold its bees had departed (see ᵐ5 We Dr Kit VB); עִםדִּֿבְשִׁי יַעְרִי אָכַלְתִּי Son 5:1; see also I.יַעֲרָה.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 5 entries

Landscapes50 occurrences Food1 occurrence Names of Constructions6 occurrences Names of Landforms0 occurrences Names of Locations1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0