יאור
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| י־א־ר (y-ʾ-r) |
From earlier *yoʔr-, borrowed from Egyptian
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(jtrw, “river, the Nile”). The word was borrowed into Hebrew after the shift of Egyptian /t/ to /ʔ/, which is attested from the 18th Dynasty onward in the form of the alternative spelling jrw. Cognate with Demotic 
(yr, “river, canal”) and Coptic ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ (eioor, “canal”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [jŏˈʔoːr]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): [jeˈ(ʔ)oʁ]
Noun[edit]
יְאוֹר / יְאֹר • (ye'ór) m (plural indefinite יְאוֹרִים)
References[edit]
- H2975 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “יאור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading[edit]
יאור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
