נְחִירַיִם

«נְחִירַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: nostril — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 5156 · BDB: נָחִיר

Glosses

nostrils (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

nostril tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

nostril tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] nostril (appar. from above √, and not connected with Arabic نَحَرَ stab camel in wind-pipe, etc., Aramaic נְחַר kill by stabbing in nose or throat, cf. NH נָחַר perforate, kill by stabbing, so that נָחִיר would = perforation, and נחר snort wd. be denom.);—only du. sf. מִנְּחִירָיו יֵצֵא עָשָׁן Jb 41:12 (of crocodile).

Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «נְחִירַיִם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 41:12

מִ֭נְּחִירָיו יֵצֵ֣א עָשָׁ֑ן כְּד֖וּד נָפ֣וּחַ וְאַגְמֹֽן׃

Word for word: from nostrils its it.goes.forth smoke like a.cooking.pot blown.upon and bulrush[es]

JPS 1917: Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot and burning rushes.

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