Word

נָעַר

nâʻar · H5287 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

to shake off

Process by which a tree and its branches are moved by the wind and so lose their dry or withered leaves

Examples
Isaiah 33:9 The land mourns and wastes away, Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and Carmel lose their foliage.
to shake off

Literally: to shake oneself (from something); hence: action by which humans shake their body in such a way that things covering it fall off

Examples
Judges 16:20 She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
Isaiah 52:2 Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, Captive Jerusalem; Release yourself from the chains around your neck, Captive daughter of Zion.
to shake, to shake off, to shake out

Causative action by which humans, deities, or forces cause an object to shake in such a way that things covering it fall off

Examples
Nehemiah 5:13 I also shook out the front of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every person from his house and from his possessions who does not keep this promise; just so may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the LORD. Then the people acted in accordance with this promise.
Job 38:13 So that it would take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked would be shaken off from it?
Psalm 109:23 I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust.
to hurl

Literally: to shake off (something into the sea); hence: causative action by which deities cause objects to fall into the sea

Examples
Exodus 14:27 So Moses reached out with his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Psalm 136:15 But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His faithfulness is everlasting.
Literally: to shake off (one's) palms; hence: action by which humans make shaking movements with their hands in order to ensure that objects or substances that stick to them fall off; used in a figurative sense to denote someone's unwillingness to possess things that are not rightfully theirs (to shake (one's) hands)

Examples
Isaiah 33:15 One who walks righteously and speaks with integrity, One who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; One who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking at evil;

How it’s used In 5 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

10 occurrences in 9 groups

Not stated: I 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (8) 8

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 6 groups

חַיִלarmy, wealth, strength 1
חֹצֶןfold of garment 1
כַּףpalm, hand 1
אִישׁman, person, each 1
מִצְרַיִםEgypt 1
פַּרְעֹהPharaoh 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

6 occurrences in 6 groups

מִןfrom+ עָפָרdust, dirt 1
מִןfrom+ תָּמַךְto grasp 1
מִןfrom+ הָher 1
בin/on/with+ יָםsea 1
בin/on/with+ תָּוֶךְmiddle 1
כlike/as+ אַרְבֶּהlocust 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

כָּכָהthus 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 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 4 entries

Sounds002004001009007: This entry carries no independent “Sounds” sense of its own; every tagged occurrence is the verb “shake off” or “shake out”, as in “I also shook out the front of my garment and said, ‘So may God shake out every person from his house’” (Nehemiah 5:13). The “Sounds” domain is bundle-shared with the related lexeme נָעַר (nâʻar, H5286), the verb “growl,” rather than independently attested here.
Unsteady002001001067: The word describes shaking, tossing, or being shaken loose, as Samson shakes himself as at other times, not knowing his strength has left him (Judges 16:20), tying the word to a loss of stable grip or hold.
Move002002001012: The word describes a vigorous shaking or casting-off movement, as Moses shakes the LORD's hand over the sea and the Egyptians are overthrown into it (Exodus 14:27), tying the word to forceful physical motion.
Stance002001001061: The word describes overturning or dislodging something from its settled position, as Nehemiah shakes out the fold of his garment as a sign that the unfaithful will likewise be shaken out and emptied (Nehemiah 5:13), tying the word to a disruption of stable standing.

Word family 7 words

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

נָעַרnâʻar · H5287נַעַר naʻar · H5288 · boy, lad, youth · 240×נַעֲרָה naʻărâh · H5291 · girl, young woman, servant · 63×נָעוּר nâʻûwr · H5271 · youth · 47×נֹעַר nôʻar · H5290 · youth · 4×נְעֹרֶת nᵉʻôreth · H5296 · tow · 2×נַעַר naʻar · H5289 · boy, lad, youth · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5287. naar II. [נָעַר] verb shake, shake out or off (Late Hebrew נָעַר shake, stir up,…

H5287. naar
II. [נָעַר] verb shake, shake out or off (Late Hebrew נָעַר shake, stir up, especially Pi`el, Niph`al; נְעֹרֶת ᵑ7 tow (see below); Arabic , boil, be in violent commotion, be very angry); —
Qal Perfect1singular נָעַ֫רְתִּי Neh 5:13; Participle active נֹעֵר Isa 33:9, Isa 33:15; passive Neh 5:13; — shake out, to shew emptiness, נ ׳חָצְנִי Neh 5:13 (symbolic), ׳נ בַּשֹּׁחַד מִתְּמֹךְ כַּמָּיו Isa 33:15; participle shaken out, emptied ׳נ וָרֵק Neh 5:13 (i.e. stripped of possessions); shake off (leaves) Isa 33:9 (compare || clause).
Niph`al Perfect1singular כָאַרְבֶּה נַנְעַ֫רְתִּי Psa 109:23 I am shaken out like a locust (from fold of a garment; simile of perishing helplessly); compare Imperfect3masculine plural מִמֶּ֑נָּה רְשָׁעִים וְיִנָָּֽעֲרוּ Job 38:13 to seize the corners of the earth that wicked men may be shaken out of it; 1 singular אִנָּעֵר Jdg 16:20 I will shake myself (free ? compare Hithpa`el and GFM).
Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular jussive יְנַעֵר Neh 5:13 so may God shake utterly out every man from (מִן) his house, etc.; וַיְנַעֵר Exo 14:27 and ׳י shook off the Egyptian into (ב) the sea, = Perfect נִעֵר Psa 136:15 (also with accusative + ב).
Hithpa`el Imperative feminine singular מֵעָפָר הִתְנַעֲרִי Isa 52:2 shake thyself (free), etc. (of personified Zion).

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

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