נִיר
nir · break up ground
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5214 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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nir (נִיר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “break up ground”.
To break up fallow ground, to plow it for the first time.
How to say it
nir
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To plow an untilled field for the first time.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Jeremiah 4:3
For thus says YHWH to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Break up for yourselves fallow ground, and do not sow among thorns.
- Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves in righteousness, reap according to loyal love; break up for yourselves the fallow ground; for it is time to seek YHWH, until he comes and teaches righteousness to you.